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These are all things one might expect to work in a helper that is capable of handling multiple branches (which our testgit helper in theory should be able to do, as it is backed by git). All of these bugs are specific to the import/export codepaths, so they don't affect helpers like git-remote-curl that use fetch/push commands. The first and fourth tests are about fetching and pushing new refs, and demonstrate bugs in the git_remote_helpers library (so they would be most likely to impact helpers for other VCSs which import/export git). The second test is about importing multiple refs; it demonstrates a bug in git-remote-testgit, which is mostly for exercising the test code. Therefore it probably doesn't affect anyone in practice. The third test demonstrates a bug in git's side of the helper code when the upstream has added refs that we do not have locally. This could impact git users who use remote helpers to access foreign VCSs. All of those bugs have fixes later in this series. The fifth test is the most complex, and does not have a fix in this series. It tests pushing a ref via the export mechanism to a new name on the remote side (i.e., "git push $remote old:new"). The problem is that we push all of the work of generating the export stream onto fast-export, but we have no way of communicating to fast-export that this name mapping is happening. So we tell fast-export to generate a stream with the commits for "old", but we can't tell it to label them all as "new". Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, 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
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.
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.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).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
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. To subscribe
to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
reference for project status, development direction and
remaining tasks.