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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY git-download-http
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8 | "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-&git-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY git-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY git-md5sum "d94314eb49622a945b22595b36b7fc47">
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11 | <!ENTITY git-size "3.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY git-buildsize "140 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY git-time "0.7 SBU">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="git" xreflabel="git-&git-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="git.html"?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>Git-&git-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="git">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-git">Git</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to Git</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para><application>Git</application> is a free and open source, distributed
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34 | version control system designed to handle everything from small to very
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35 | large projects with speed and efficiency. Every
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36 | <application>Git</application> clone is a full-fledged repository with
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37 | complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on
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38 | network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy
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39 | to do. <application>Git</application> is used for version control of files,
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40 | much like tools such as <application>Mercurial</application>,
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41 | <application>Bazaar</application>, <xref linkend="subversion"/>,
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42 | <xref linkend="cvs"/>, <application>Perforce</application>, and
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43 | <application>Team Foundation Server</application>.</para>
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44 |
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45 | &lfs70_checked;
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46 |
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47 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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48 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&git-download-http;"/></para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&git-download-ftp;"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &git-md5sum;</para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>Download size: &git-size;</para>
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60 | </listitem>
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &git-buildsize;</para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>Estimated build time: &git-time;</para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | </itemizedlist>
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68 |
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69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Git Dependencies</bridgehead>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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72 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="python2"/></para>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use
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76 | <application>Git</application> over http, https, ftp or ftps)</para>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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79 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>
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80 | and <xref linkend="tk"/> (gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
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81 | repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime)</para>
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82 |
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to create the man
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84 | pages)</bridgehead>
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85 | <para><ulink url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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86 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>.</para>
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87 |
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88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/git"/></para>
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90 | </sect2>
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91 |
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92 | <sect2 role="installation">
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93 | <title>Installation of Git</title>
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94 |
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95 | <para>Install <application>Git</application> by running the following
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96 | commands:</para>
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97 |
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98 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig &&
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99 | make</userinput></screen>
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100 |
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101 | <para>If you have installed <ulink
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102 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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103 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/> and you wish to create the man pages:</para>
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104 |
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105 | <screen><userinput>make man</userinput></screen>
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106 |
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107 | <para>To check the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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110 | user:</para>
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111 |
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112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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113 |
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114 | <para>If you created the man pages, install them:</para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-man</userinput></screen>
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117 | </sect2>
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118 |
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119 | <sect2 role="commands">
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120 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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121 |
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122 | <para><option>--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig</option>: This sets
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123 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename> as the file that stores the default,
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124 | system wide, <application>Git</application> settings.</para>
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125 | </sect2>
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126 |
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127 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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128 | <title>Configuring Git</title>
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129 |
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130 | <sect3 id="git-config">
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131 | <title>Config Files</title>
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132 | <para><filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> and
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133 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename></para>
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134 |
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135 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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136 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gitconfig">~/.gitconfig</primary>
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137 | </indexterm>
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138 |
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139 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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140 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gitconfig">/etc/gitconfig</primary>
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141 | </indexterm>
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142 | </sect3>
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143 |
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144 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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145 |
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146 | <para>If you want to use <command>git svn</command> you will need to
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147 | install <xref linkend="subversion"/> and its perl bindings.</para>
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148 |
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149 | <para>To be able to use git to pull from a https source you need first
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150 | install the <xref linkend="cacerts"/> and then configure git to know where
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151 | they are. To set the default location of the SSL certificates, as the
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152 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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153 |
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154 | <screen role="root"><userinput>git config --system http.sslCAPath /etc/ssl/certs</userinput></screen>
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155 | </sect3>
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156 | </sect2>
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157 |
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158 | <sect2 role="content">
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159 | <title>Contents</title>
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160 |
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161 | <segmentedlist>
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162 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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163 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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164 |
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165 | <seglistitem>
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166 | <seg>git, git-cvsserver, gitk, git-receive-pack, git-shell,
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167 | git-upload-archive and git-upload-pack.</seg>
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168 | <seg>/usr/libexec/git-core, /usr/share/git-core, /usr/share/git-gui,
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169 | /usr/share/gitk and /usr/share/gitweb</seg>
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170 | </seglistitem>
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171 | </segmentedlist>
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172 |
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173 | <variablelist>
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174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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175 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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176 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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177 |
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178 | <varlistentry id="git-prog">
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179 | <term><command>git</command></term>
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180 | <listitem>
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181 | <para>is the stupid content tracker.</para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="git git-prog">
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183 | <primary sortas="b-git">git</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="git-cvsserver">
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189 | <term><command>git-cvsserver</command></term>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>is a CVS server emulator for git.</para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="git git-cvsserver">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-git-cvsserver">git-cvsserver</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="gitk">
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199 | <term><command>gitk</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>is a git repository browser (needs <xref linkend="tk"/>).</para>
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202 | <indexterm zone="git gitk">
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203 | <primary sortas="b-gitk">gitk</primary>
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204 | </indexterm>
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205 | </listitem>
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206 | </varlistentry>
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207 |
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208 | <varlistentry id="git-receive-pack">
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209 | <term><command>git-receive-pack</command></term>
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210 | <listitem>
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211 | <para>is invoked by <command>git send-pack</command> and updates the
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212 | repository with the information fed from the remote end.</para>
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213 | <indexterm zone="git git-receive-pack">
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214 | <primary sortas="b-git-receive-pack">git-receive-pack</primary>
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215 | </indexterm>
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216 | </listitem>
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217 | </varlistentry>
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218 |
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219 | <varlistentry id="git-shell">
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220 | <term><command>git-shell</command></term>
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221 | <listitem>
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222 | <para>is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
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223 | access.</para>
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224 | <indexterm zone="git git-shell">
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225 | <primary sortas="b-git-shell">git-shell</primary>
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226 | </indexterm>
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227 | </listitem>
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228 | </varlistentry>
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229 |
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230 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-archive">
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231 | <term><command>git-upload-archive</command></term>
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232 | <listitem>
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233 | <para>is invoked by <command>git archive --remote</command> and sends
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234 | a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.</para>
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235 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-archive">
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236 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-archive">git-upload-archive</primary>
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237 | </indexterm>
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238 | </listitem>
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239 | </varlistentry>
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240 |
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241 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-pack">
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242 | <term><command>git-upload-pack</command></term>
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243 | <listitem>
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244 | <para>is invoked by <command>git fetch-pack</command>, it discovers
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245 | what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
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246 | packing.</para>
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247 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-pack">
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248 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-pack">git-upload-pack</primary>
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249 | </indexterm>
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250 | </listitem>
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251 | </varlistentry>
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252 | </variablelist>
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253 | </sect2>
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254 | </sect1>
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