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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-root "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git" >
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <!ENTITY git-download-http "&git-root;/git-&git-version;.tar.xz">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY git-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-&git-version;.tar.xz">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY git-md5sum "47b1f55d9a16be112f7ae2c778a9b30c">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY git-size "3.4 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY git-buildsize "208 MB (additional 14 MB for downloaded docs and man pages, or 27 MB building docs and man pages)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY git-time " 0.7 SBU (additional 9.6 SBU for tests or 2.8 SBU for docs and man build)">
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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 | &lfs75_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="&git-root;/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.xz">
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| 89 | &git-root;/git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.xz</ulink>
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| 90 | (if you prefer the original, not needed if you've installed asciidoc
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| 91 | and xmlto and prefer to build them).
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>
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| 96 | <ulink url="&git-root;/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.xz">
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| 97 | &git-root;/git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.xz</ulink>
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| 98 | and other docs (if you prefer the original, not needed if you've
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| 99 | installed asciidoc and prefer to build them).
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 | </listitem>
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| 102 | </itemizedlist>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Git Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 107 | <para role="recommended">
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| 108 | <xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use <application>Git</application> over http,
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| 109 | https, ftp or ftps),
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| 110 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>, and
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| 111 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 115 | <para role="optional">
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| 116 | <xref linkend="pcre"/>,
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| 117 | <xref linkend="subversion"/> with Perl bindings (for <command>git svn</command>), and
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| 118 | <xref linkend="tk"/> (gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
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| 119 | repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime)
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| 120 | </para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to create the man pages and html docs)</bridgehead>
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| 123 | <para>
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| 124 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/> and
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| 125 | <ulink url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink>
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 129 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/git"/>
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 | </sect2>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 134 | <title>Installation of Git</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <para>
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| 137 | Install <application>Git</application> by running the following
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| 138 | commands:
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| 139 | </para>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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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 | You can build the man pages and/or html docs, or
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| 147 | use downloaded ones. If you choose to build them, use next two following
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| 148 | instructions.
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| 149 | </para>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <para>
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| 152 | If you have installed <ulink
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| 153 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> you can
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| 154 | create the html version of the man pages and other docs:
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| 155 | </para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <screen><userinput>make html</userinput></screen>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | If you have installed <ulink
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| 161 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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| 162 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/> you can create the man pages:
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| 163 | </para>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <screen><userinput>make man</userinput></screen>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | To check the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.
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| 169 | </para>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <para>
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| 172 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 173 | user:
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| 174 | </para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <!-- ==== Method 1 for docs ====== -->
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| 179 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">If you created the man pages and/or html docs</bridgehead>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | Install the man pages as
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| 183 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 184 | </para>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-man</userinput></screen>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <para>
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| 189 | Install the html docs as
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| 190 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make htmldir=/usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; install-html</userinput></screen>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <!-- ==== Method 2 for docs ====== -->
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| 196 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">If you downloaded the man pages and/or html docs</bridgehead>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para>
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| 199 | If you downloaded the man pages untar them as the
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| 200 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.xz -C /usr/share/man --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir</userinput></screen>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <para>
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| 206 | If you downloaded the html docs untar them as the
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| 207 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 208 | </para>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/man-pages/{html,text} &&
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| 211 |
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| 212 | tar -xf ../git-htmldocs-&git-version;.tar.xz \
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| 213 | -C /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir &&
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| 214 |
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| 215 | find /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; &&
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| 216 | find /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <!-- ==== Reorganize docs ====== -->
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| 219 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Reorganize man pages and/or html docs (both methods)</bridgehead>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <para>
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| 222 | For both methods, reorganize the files, as
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| 223 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 224 | </para>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.txt,man-pages/text} &&
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| 227 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &&
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| 228 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{html,text} &&
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| 229 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.txt,text} &&
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| 230 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/technical/{*.,}html &&
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| 231 | mkdir /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{html,text} &&
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| 232 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.txt,text} &&
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| 233 | mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;/howto/{*.,}html</userinput></screen>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | </sect2>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 238 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <para>
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| 241 | <parameter>--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig</parameter>: This sets
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| 242 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename> as the file that stores
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| 243 | the default, system wide, <application>Git</application>
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| 244 | settings.
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| 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <para>
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| 248 | <option>--without-python</option>: Use this switch if
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| 249 | <application>Python</application> is not installed.
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| 250 | </para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <para>
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| 253 | <option>--with-libpcre</option>: Use this switch if
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| 254 | <application>PCRE</application> is installed.
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| 255 | </para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <para>
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| 258 | <command>tar -xf ../git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz -C
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| 259 | /usr/share/man --no-same-owner</command>: This untars
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| 260 | <filename>git-manpages-&git-version;.tar.gz</filename>. The
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| 261 | <option>-C</option> option makes tar change directory to
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| 262 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename> before
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| 263 | it starts to decompress the docs. The <option>--no-same-owner</option>
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| 264 | option stops tar from preserving the user and group details of the
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| 265 | files. This is useful as that user or group may not exist on your
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| 266 | system; this could (potentially) be a security risk.
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| 267 | </para>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <para>
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| 270 | <command>mv /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version; ...</command>: These
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| 271 | commands move some of the files into subfolders to make it easier to sort
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| 272 | through the docs and find what you're looking for.
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| 273 | </para>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <para>
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| 276 | <command>find ... chmod ...</command>: These commands correct the
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| 277 | permissions in the shipped documentation tar file.
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| 278 | </para>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | </sect2>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 283 | <title>Configuring Git</title>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <sect3 id="git-config">
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| 286 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 287 | <para>
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| 288 | <filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> and
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| 289 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename>
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| 290 | </para>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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| 293 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gitconfig">~/.gitconfig</primary>
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| 294 | </indexterm>
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| 295 |
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gitconfig">/etc/gitconfig</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | </sect3>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | </sect2>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 305 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 306 |
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| 307 | <segmentedlist>
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| 308 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 309 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 310 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <seglistitem>
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| 313 | <seg>
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| 314 | git, git-receive-pack and git-upload-archive (hardlinked to each other),
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| 315 | git-shell, git-cvsserver, git-upload-pack, and gitk
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| 316 | </seg>
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| 317 | <seg>
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| 318 | None
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| 319 | </seg>
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| 320 | <seg>
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| 321 | /usr/libexec/git-core,
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| 322 | /usr/share/doc/git-&git-version;,
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| 323 | /usr/share/git-core,
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| 324 | /usr/share/git-gui,
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| 325 | /usr/share/gitk,
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| 326 | /usr/share/gitweb,
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| 327 | /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/<5.x.y>/Git and
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| 328 | /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/&lfs-perl-version;/auto/Git
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| 329 |
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| 330 | </seg>
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| 331 | </seglistitem>
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| 332 | </segmentedlist>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <variablelist>
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| 335 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 336 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 337 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <varlistentry id="git-prog">
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| 340 | <term><command>git</command></term>
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| 341 | <listitem>
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| 342 | <para>
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| 343 | is the stupid content tracker.
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| 344 | </para>
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| 345 | <indexterm zone="git git-prog">
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| 346 | <primary sortas="b-git">git</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="git-cvsserver">
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| 352 | <term><command>git-cvsserver</command></term>
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| 353 | <listitem>
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| 354 | <para>
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| 355 | is a CVS server emulator for <application>Git</application>.
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| 356 | </para>
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| 357 | <indexterm zone="git git-cvsserver">
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| 358 | <primary sortas="b-git-cvsserver">git-cvsserver</primary>
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| 359 | </indexterm>
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| 360 | </listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | <varlistentry id="gitk">
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| 364 | <term><command>gitk</command></term>
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| 365 | <listitem>
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| 366 | <para>
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| 367 | is a graphical <application>Git</application> repository browser
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| 368 | (needs <xref linkend="tk"/>).
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| 369 | </para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="git gitk">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-gitk">gitk</primary>
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| 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="git-receive-pack">
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| 377 | <term><command>git-receive-pack</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>
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| 380 | is invoked by <command>git send-pack</command> and updates the
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| 381 | repository with the information fed from the remote end.
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| 382 | </para>
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| 383 | <indexterm zone="git git-receive-pack">
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| 384 | <primary sortas="b-git-receive-pack">git-receive-pack</primary>
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| 385 | </indexterm>
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| 386 | </listitem>
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| 387 | </varlistentry>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <varlistentry id="git-shell">
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| 390 | <term><command>git-shell</command></term>
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| 391 | <listitem>
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| 392 | <para>
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| 393 | is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
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| 394 | access.
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| 395 | </para>
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| 396 | <indexterm zone="git git-shell">
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| 397 | <primary sortas="b-git-shell">git-shell</primary>
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| 398 | </indexterm>
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| 399 | </listitem>
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| 400 | </varlistentry>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-archive">
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| 403 | <term><command>git-upload-archive</command></term>
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| 404 | <listitem>
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| 405 | <para>
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| 406 | is invoked by <command>git archive --remote</command> and sends
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| 407 | a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.
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| 408 | </para>
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| 409 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-archive">
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| 410 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-archive">git-upload-archive</primary>
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| 411 | </indexterm>
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| 412 | </listitem>
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| 413 | </varlistentry>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-pack">
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| 416 | <term><command>git-upload-pack</command></term>
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| 417 | <listitem>
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| 418 | <para>
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| 419 | is invoked by <command>git fetch-pack</command>, it discovers
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| 420 | what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
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| 421 | packing.
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| 422 | </para>
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| 423 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-pack">
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| 424 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-pack">git-upload-pack</primary>
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| 425 | </indexterm>
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| 426 | </listitem>
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| 427 | </varlistentry>
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| 428 |
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| 429 | </variablelist>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | </sect2>
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| 432 |
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| 433 | </sect1>
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