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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 "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-&git-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY git-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY git-md5sum "df8519044f9880f3687d863d99245282">
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10 | <!ENTITY git-size "4.6 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY git-buildsize "175 MB (additional 10 MB with downloaded docs and
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12 | man pages, or 20 MB building docs and man pages)">
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13 | <!ENTITY git-time "0.7 SBU (additional 8.7 SBU for tests and 2.7 SBU
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14 | for docs and man pages creation)">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="git" xreflabel="git-&git-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="git.html"?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>Git-&git-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="git">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-Git">Git</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to Git</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>
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35 | <application>Git</application> is a free and open source, distributed
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36 | version control system designed to handle everything from small to very
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37 | large projects with speed and efficiency. Every
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38 | <application>Git</application> clone is a full-fledged repository with
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39 | complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on
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40 | network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy
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41 | to do. <application>Git</application> is used for version control of files,
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42 | much like tools such as <application>Mercurial</application>,
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43 | <application>Bazaar</application>, <xref linkend="subversion"/>,
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44 | <xref linkend="cvs"/>, <application>Perforce</application>, and
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45 | <application>Team Foundation Server</application>.
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46 | </para>
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47 |
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48 | &lfs74_checked;
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49 |
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50 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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51 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&git-download-http;"/>
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&git-download-ftp;"/>
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Download MD5 sum: &git-md5sum;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Download size: &git-size;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>
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74 | Estimated disk space required: &git-buildsize;
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75 | </para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>
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79 | Estimated build time: &git-time;
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </itemizedlist>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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85 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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86 | <listitem>
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87 | <para>
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88 | <ulink url="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz">
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89 | http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz</ulink>
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90 | (only needed if you've not installed asciidoc and xmlto)
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91 | </para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>
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95 | <ulink url="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz">
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96 | http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz</ulink>
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97 | and other docs (only needed if you've not installed asciidoc).
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98 | </para>
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99 | </listitem>
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100 | </itemizedlist>
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101 |
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102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Git Dependencies</bridgehead>
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103 |
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104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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105 | <para role="recommended">
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106 | <xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use <application>Git</application> over http,
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107 | https, ftp or ftps),
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108 | <xref linkend="expat"/>,
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109 | <xref linkend="openssl"/> and
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110 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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114 | <para role="optional">
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115 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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116 | <xref linkend="subversion"/> with Perl bindings (for <command>git svn</command>), and
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117 | <xref linkend="tk"/> (gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
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118 | repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime)
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119 | </para>
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120 |
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121 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to create the man pages and html docs)</bridgehead>
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122 | <para>
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123 | <ulink url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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124 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
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125 | </para>
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126 |
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127 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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128 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/git"/>
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129 | </para>
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130 | </sect2>
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131 |
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132 | <sect2 role="installation">
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133 | <title>Installation of Git</title>
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134 |
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135 | <para>
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136 | Install <application>Git</application> by running the following
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137 | commands:
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138 | </para>
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139 |
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140 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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141 | --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
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142 | --with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig &&
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143 | make</userinput></screen>
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144 |
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145 | <para>
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146 | If you have installed <ulink
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147 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> you can
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148 | create the html version of the man pages and other docs:
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149 | </para>
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150 |
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151 | <screen><userinput>make html</userinput></screen>
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152 |
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153 | <para>
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154 | If you have installed <ulink
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155 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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156 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/> you can create the man pages:
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157 | </para>
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158 |
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159 | <screen><userinput>make man</userinput></screen>
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160 |
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161 | <para>
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162 | To check the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
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163 | </para>
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164 |
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165 | <para>
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166 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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167 | user:
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168 | </para>
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169 |
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170 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <para>
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173 | If you created the man pages, install them as the
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174 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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175 | </para>
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176 |
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177 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-man</userinput></screen>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | If you created the html docs, install them as the
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181 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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182 | </para>
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183 |
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184 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make htmldir=/usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; install-html &&
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185 | mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/man-pages/{html,text} &&
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186 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.txt,man-pages/text} &&
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187 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &&
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188 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{html,text} &&
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189 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.txt,text} &&
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190 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.,}html &&
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191 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{html,text} &&
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192 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.txt,text} &&
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193 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.,}html</userinput></screen>
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194 |
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195 | <para>
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196 | Alternatively, If you downloaded the man pages untar them as the
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197 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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198 | </para>
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199 |
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200 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz -C /usr/share/man --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir</userinput></screen>
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201 |
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202 | <para>
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203 | If you downloaded the html docs untar them as the
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204 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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205 | </para>
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206 |
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207 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/man-pages/{html,text} &&
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208 |
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209 | tar -xf ../git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz \
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210 | -C /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir &&
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211 |
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212 | find /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; &&
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213 | find /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; &&
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214 |
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215 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.txt,man-pages/text} &&
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216 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &&
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217 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{html,text} &&
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218 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.txt,text} &&
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219 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.,}html &&
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220 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{html,text} &&
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221 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.txt,text} &&
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222 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.,}html</userinput></screen>
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223 |
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224 | </sect2>
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225 |
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226 | <sect2 role="commands">
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227 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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228 |
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229 | <para>
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230 | <parameter>--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig</parameter>: This sets
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231 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename> as the file that stores
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232 | the default, system wide, <application>Git</application>
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233 | settings.
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234 | </para>
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235 |
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236 | <para>
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237 | <option>--without-python</option>: Use this switch if
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238 | <application>Python</application> is not installed.
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239 | </para>
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240 |
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241 | <para>
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242 | <option>--with-libpcre</option>: Use this switch if
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243 | <application>PCRE</application> is installed.
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244 | </para>
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245 |
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246 | <para>
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247 | <command>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz -C
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248 | /usr/share/man --no-same-owner</command>: This untars
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249 | <filename>git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz</filename>. The
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250 | <option>-C</option> option makes tar change directory to
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251 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename> before
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252 | it starts to decompress the docs. The <option>--no-same-owner</option>
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253 | option stops tar from preserving the user and group details of the
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254 | files. This is useful as that user or group may not exist on your
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255 | system; this could (potentially) be a security risk.
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256 | </para>
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257 |
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258 | <para>
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259 | <command>mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; ...</command>: These
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260 | commands move some of the files into subfolders to make it easier to sort
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261 | through the docs and find what you're looking for.
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262 | </para>
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263 |
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264 | <para>
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265 | <command>find ... chmod ...</command>: These commands correct the
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266 | permissions in the shipped documentation tar file.
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267 | </para>
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268 |
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269 | </sect2>
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270 |
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271 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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272 | <title>Configuring Git</title>
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273 |
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274 | <sect3 id="git-config">
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275 | <title>Config Files</title>
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276 | <para>
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277 | <filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> and
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278 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename>
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279 | </para>
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280 |
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281 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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282 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gitconfig">~/.gitconfig</primary>
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283 | </indexterm>
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284 |
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285 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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286 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gitconfig">/etc/gitconfig</primary>
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287 | </indexterm>
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288 |
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289 | </sect3>
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290 |
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291 | </sect2>
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292 |
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293 | <sect2 role="content">
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294 | <title>Contents</title>
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295 |
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296 | <segmentedlist>
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297 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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298 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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299 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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300 |
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301 | <seglistitem>
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302 | <seg>
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303 | git, git-cvsserver, gitk, git-receive-pack, git-shell,
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304 | git-upload-archive and git-upload-pack
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305 | </seg>
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306 | <seg>
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307 | None
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308 | </seg>
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309 | <seg>
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310 | /usr/lib/git-core,
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311 | /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;,
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312 | /usr/share/git-core,
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313 | /usr/share/git-gui,
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314 | /usr/share/gitk,
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315 | /usr/share/gitweb,
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316 | /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/<5.x.y>/Git and
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317 | /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&lfs-perl-version;/auto/Git
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318 | </seg>
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319 | </seglistitem>
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320 | </segmentedlist>
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321 |
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322 | <variablelist>
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323 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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324 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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325 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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326 |
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327 | <varlistentry id="git-prog">
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328 | <term><command>git</command></term>
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329 | <listitem>
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330 | <para>
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331 | is the stupid content tracker.
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332 | </para>
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333 | <indexterm zone="git git-prog">
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334 | <primary sortas="b-git">git</primary>
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335 | </indexterm>
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336 | </listitem>
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337 | </varlistentry>
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338 |
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339 | <varlistentry id="git-cvsserver">
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340 | <term><command>git-cvsserver</command></term>
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341 | <listitem>
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342 | <para>
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343 | is a CVS server emulator for <application>Git</application>.
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344 | </para>
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345 | <indexterm zone="git git-cvsserver">
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346 | <primary sortas="b-git-cvsserver">git-cvsserver</primary>
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347 | </indexterm>
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348 | </listitem>
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349 | </varlistentry>
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350 |
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351 | <varlistentry id="gitk">
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352 | <term><command>gitk</command></term>
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353 | <listitem>
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354 | <para>
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355 | is a graphical <application>Git</application> repository browser
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356 | (needs <xref linkend="tk"/>).
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357 | </para>
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358 | <indexterm zone="git gitk">
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359 | <primary sortas="b-gitk">gitk</primary>
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360 | </indexterm>
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361 | </listitem>
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362 | </varlistentry>
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363 |
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364 | <varlistentry id="git-receive-pack">
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365 | <term><command>git-receive-pack</command></term>
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366 | <listitem>
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367 | <para>
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368 | is invoked by <command>git send-pack</command> and updates the
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369 | repository with the information fed from the remote end.
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370 | </para>
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371 | <indexterm zone="git git-receive-pack">
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372 | <primary sortas="b-git-receive-pack">git-receive-pack</primary>
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373 | </indexterm>
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374 | </listitem>
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375 | </varlistentry>
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376 |
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377 | <varlistentry id="git-shell">
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378 | <term><command>git-shell</command></term>
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379 | <listitem>
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380 | <para>
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381 | is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
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382 | access.
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383 | </para>
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384 | <indexterm zone="git git-shell">
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385 | <primary sortas="b-git-shell">git-shell</primary>
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386 | </indexterm>
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387 | </listitem>
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388 | </varlistentry>
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389 |
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390 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-archive">
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391 | <term><command>git-upload-archive</command></term>
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392 | <listitem>
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393 | <para>
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394 | is invoked by <command>git archive --remote</command> and sends
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395 | a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.
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396 | </para>
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397 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-archive">
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398 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-archive">git-upload-archive</primary>
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399 | </indexterm>
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400 | </listitem>
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401 | </varlistentry>
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402 |
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403 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-pack">
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404 | <term><command>git-upload-pack</command></term>
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405 | <listitem>
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406 | <para>
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407 | is invoked by <command>git fetch-pack</command>, it discovers
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408 | what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
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409 | packing.
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410 | </para>
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411 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-pack">
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412 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-pack">git-upload-pack</primary>
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413 | </indexterm>
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414 | </listitem>
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415 | </varlistentry>
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416 |
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417 | </variablelist>
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418 |
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419 | </sect2>
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420 |
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421 | </sect1>
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