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| Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:58:05 pm | by IanMcDonald | Revert |
| Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:24:56 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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Alternatively the man pages can be found at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/ if you don't have permissions to install locally from the [Git] [Package] (although you can always have local man pages if you setup your enivronment variables correctly).
[Git] is OpenSource and itself kept in a [Git] archive available at [rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/git.git]. This now includes <i>gitk</i> which is quite a useful tool for viewing what's inside a [Git] graphically. To be able to use [Git], you need to bootstrap your installation using the TarBall at [http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/git-snapshots/git/].
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+These days most distributions have Git prepackaged although they are often only for the development version as still relatively new.
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+Git has a number of ways to transfer the data. The most efficient is it's native protocol called Git which uses [TCP] port 9418. It can also use rsync and HTTP.
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> Torvalds seemed aware that his decision to drop BitKeeper would also be controversial. When asked why he called the new software, "git," British slang meaning "a rotten person," he said. "I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git."
From [PC World: After controversy, Torvalds begins work on "git" | http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1852076002]
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See also KernelDevelopmentWithGit
