source: general/prog/git.xml@ af1093d

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY git-download-http "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-&git-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY git-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY git-md5sum        "3f6ebca116c627490e4ee1f1324d5e65">
  <!ENTITY git-size          "4.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY git-buildsize     "225 MB">
  <!ENTITY git-time          "5.0 SBU (including tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="git" xreflabel="git-&git-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="git.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Git-&git-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="git">
    <primary sortas="a-Git">Git</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Git</title>

    <para>
      <application>Git</application> is a free and open source, distributed
      version control system designed to handle everything from small to very
      large projects with speed and efficiency. Every
      <application>Git</application> clone is a full-fledged repository with
      complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on
      network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy
      to do. <application>Git</application> is used for version control of files,
      much like tools such as <application>Mercurial</application>,
      <application>Bazaar</application>, <xref linkend="subversion"/>,
      <xref linkend="cvs"/>, <application>Perforce</application>, and
      <application>Team Foundation Server</application>.
    </para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&git-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&git-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &git-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &git-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &git-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &git-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz">
          http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz</ulink>
          (only needed if you've not installed asciidoc and xmlto)
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          <ulink url="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz">
          http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz</ulink>
          and other docs (only needed if you've not installed asciidoc).
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Git Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use <application>Git</application> over http,
      https, ftp or ftps),
      <xref linkend="expat"/>,
      <xref linkend="openssl"/> and
      <xref linkend="python2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="pcre"/> and
      <xref linkend="tk"/> (gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
      repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to create the man pages and html docs)</bridgehead>
    <para>
      <ulink url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/git"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Git</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Git</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
            --with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you have installed <ulink
      url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> you can
      create the html version of the man pages and other docs:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make html</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you have installed <ulink
      url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/> you can create the man pages:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make man</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To check the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you created the man pages, install them as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-man</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you created the html docs, install them as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make htmldir=/usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; install-html              &amp;&amp;
mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/man-pages/{html,text}         &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.txt,man-pages/text}     &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &amp;&amp;
mkdir    /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{html,text}         &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.txt,text}        &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.,}html           &amp;&amp;
mkdir    /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{html,text}             &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.txt,text}            &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.,}html</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Alternatively, If you downloaded the man pages untar them as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz -C /usr/share/man --no-same-owner</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      If you downloaded the html docs untar them as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/man-pages/{html,text}         &amp;&amp;

tar -xf  ../git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.gz \
    -C   /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; --no-same-owner               &amp;&amp;

mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.txt,man-pages/text}     &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &amp;&amp;
mkdir    /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{html,text}         &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.txt,text}        &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.,}html           &amp;&amp;
mkdir    /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{html,text}             &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.txt,text}            &amp;&amp;
mv       /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.,}html</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig</option>: This sets
      <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename> as the file that stores
      the default, system wide, <application>Git</application>
      settings.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--without-python</option>: Use this switch if
      <application>Python</application> is not installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--with-libpcre</option>: Use this switch if
      <application>PCRE</application> is installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz -C
      /usr/share/man --no-same-owner</command>: This untars
      <filename>git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz</filename>. The
      <option>-C</option> option makes tar change directory to
      <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename> before
      it starts to decompress the docs. The <option>--no-same-owner</option>
      option stops tar from preserving the user and group details of the
      files. This is useful as that user or group may not exist on your
      system; this could (potentially) be a security risk.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; ...</command>: These
      commands move some of the files into subfolders to make it easier to sort
      through the docs and find what you're looking for.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Git</title>

    <sect3 id="git-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>
      <para>
        <filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> and
        <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename>
      </para>

      <indexterm zone="git git-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.gitconfig">~/.gitconfig</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="git git-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-gitconfig">/etc/gitconfig</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>
        If you want to use <command>git svn</command> you will need to
        install <xref linkend="subversion"/> and its Perl bindings.
      </para>

      <para>
        To be able to use git to pull from a https source you need first install
        the <xref linkend="cacerts"/> and then configure git to know where they
        are. To set the default location of the SSL certificates, as the
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>git config --system http.sslCAPath /etc/ssl/certs</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          git, git-cvsserver, gitk, git-receive-pack, git-shell,
          git-upload-archive and git-upload-pack
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/git-core,
          /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;,
          /usr/share/git-core,
          /usr/share/git-gui,
          /usr/share/gitk and
          /usr/share/gitweb
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="git-prog">
        <term><command>git</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the stupid content tracker.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-git">git</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="git-cvsserver">
        <term><command>git-cvsserver</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a CVS server emulator for <application>Git</application>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-cvsserver">
            <primary sortas="b-git-cvsserver">git-cvsserver</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gitk">
        <term><command>gitk</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a graphical <application>Git</application> repository browser
            (needs <xref linkend="tk"/>).
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git gitk">
            <primary sortas="b-gitk">gitk</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="git-receive-pack">
        <term><command>git-receive-pack</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is invoked by <command>git send-pack</command> and updates the
            repository with the information fed from the remote end.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-receive-pack">
            <primary sortas="b-git-receive-pack">git-receive-pack</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="git-shell">
        <term><command>git-shell</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
            access.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-shell">
            <primary sortas="b-git-shell">git-shell</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="git-upload-archive">
        <term><command>git-upload-archive</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is invoked by <command>git archive --remote</command> and sends
            a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-upload-archive">
            <primary sortas="b-git-upload-archive">git-upload-archive</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="git-upload-pack">
        <term><command>git-upload-pack</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is invoked by <command>git fetch-pack</command>, it discovers
            what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
            packing.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="git git-upload-pack">
            <primary sortas="b-git-upload-pack">git-upload-pack</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>