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The "--super-prefix" facility was introduced in [1] has always been a transitory hack, which is why we've made it an error to supply it as an option to "git" to commands that don't know about it. That's been a good goal, as it has a global effect we haven't wanted calls to get_super_prefix() from built-ins we didn't expect. But it has meant that when we've had chains of different built-ins using it all of the processes in that "chain" have needed to support it, and worse processes that don't need it have needed to ask for "SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX" because their parent process needs it. That's how "fsmonitor--daemon" ended up with it, per [2] it's called from (among other things) "submodule--helper absorbgitdirs", but as we declared "submodule--helper" as "SUPPORT_SUPER_PREFIX" we needed to declare "fsmonitor--daemon" as accepting it too, even though it doesn't care about it. But in the case of "absorbgitdirs" it only needed "--super-prefix" to invoke itself recursively, and we'd never have another "in-between" process in the chain. So we didn't need the bigger hammer of "git --super-prefix", and the "setenv(GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT, ...)" that it entails. Let's instead accept a hidden "--super-prefix" option to "submodule--helper absorbgitdirs" itself. Eventually (as with all other "--super-prefix" users) we'll want to clean this code up so that this all happens in-process. I.e. needing any variant of "--super-prefix" is itself a hack around our various global state, and implicit reliance on "the_repository". This stepping stone makes such an eventual change easier, as we'll need to deal with less global state at that point. The "fsmonitor--daemon" test adjusted here was added in [3]. To assert that it didn't run into the "--super-prefix" message it was asserting the output it didn't have. Let's instead assert the full output that we *do* have, using the same pattern as a preceding change to "t/t7412-submodule-absorbgitdirs.sh" used. We could also remove the test entirely (as [4] did), but even though the initial reason for having it is gone we're still getting some marginal benefit from testing the "fsmonitor" and "submodule absorbgitdirs" interaction, so let's keep it. The change here to have either a NULL or non-"" string as a "super_prefix" instead of the previous arrangement of "" or non-"" is somewhat arbitrary. We could also decide to never have to check for NULL. As we'll be changing the rest of the "git --super-prefix" users to the same pattern, leaving them all consistent makes sense. Why not pick "" over NULL? Because that's how the "prefix" works[5], and having "prefix" and "super_prefix" work the same way will be less confusing. That "prefix" picked NULL instead of "" is itself arbitrary, but as it's easy to make this small bit of our overall API consistent, let's go with that. 1.74866d7579(git: make super-prefix option, 2016-10-07) 2.53fcfbc84f(fsmonitor--daemon: allow --super-prefix argument, 2022-05-26) 3.53fcfbc84f(fsmonitor--daemon: allow --super-prefix argument, 2022-05-26) 4. https://lore.kernel.org/git/20221109004708.97668-5-chooglen@google.com/ 5.9725c8dda2(built-ins: trust the "prefix" from run_builtin(), 2022-02-16) Signed-off-by: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
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See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
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If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
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(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks