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Back in280242d1cc(send-email: do not barf when Term::ReadLine does not like your terminal, 2006-07-02), we added a fallback for when Term::ReadLine's constructor failed: we'd have a FakeTerm object instead, which would then die if anybody actually tried to call readline() on it. Since we instantiated the $term variable at program startup, we needed this workaround to let the program run in modes when we did not prompt the user. But later, inf4dc9432fd(send-email: lazily load modules for a big speedup, 2021-05-28), we started loading Term::ReadLine lazily only when ask() is called. So at that point we know we're trying to prompt the user, and we can just die if ReadLine instantiation fails, rather than making this fake object to lazily delay showing the error. This should be OK even if there is no tty (e.g., we're in a cron job), because Term::ReadLine will return a stub object in that case whose "IN" and "OUT" functions return undef. And since5906f54e47(send-email: don't attempt to prompt if tty is closed, 2009-03-31), we check for that case and skip prompting. And we can be sure that FakeTerm was not kicking in for such a situation, because it has actually been broken since that commit! It does not define "IN" or "OUT" methods, so perl would barf with an error. If FakeTerm was in use, we were neither honoring what5906f54e47tried to do, nor producing the readable message that280242d1ccintended. So we're better off just dropping FakeTerm entirely, and letting the error reported by constructing Term::ReadLine through. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Acked-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.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.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).
Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message
string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md
(a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).
To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
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