Git-2.43.0
Introduction to Git
Git 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
Git 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. Git is used for version control of
files, much like tools such as Mercurial-6.6,
Bazaar, Subversion-1.14.2,
CVS,
Perforce, and
Team Foundation Server.
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Note
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run
some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated
since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Package Information
Download (HTTP): https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.43.0.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 66a036a0442b8d159b0eff5a0fe0dc94
Download size: 7.0 MB
Estimated disk space required: 255 MB (with downloaded documentation; add 18 MB for building doc)
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (with parallelism=4; add 0.4 SBU for building doc, and up to 13 SBU (disk speed dependent) for tests)
Additional Downloads
Git Dependencies
Recommended
cURL-8.4.0 (needed to use Git over
http, https, ftp or ftps)
Optional
Apache-2.4.58 (for some tests),
GnuPG-2.4.3 (runtime, may be used to sign
Git commits or tags, or verify the signatures
of them),
OpenSSH-9.5p1 (runtime, needed to use
Git over ssh),
pcre2-10.42 (or the deprecated PCRE-8.45), in either case configured with
--enable-jit,
Subversion-1.14.2 with Perl bindings
(runtime, for git svn),
Tk-8.6.13
(gitk, a simple Git
repository viewer, uses Tk at runtime),
Valgrind-3.22.0,
Authen::SASL and
MIME::Base64
(both runtime, for git send-email),
and IO-Socket-SSL-2.084 (runtime, for
git send-email to connect to a SMTP server with
SSL encryption)
Optional (to create the man pages, html docs
and other docs)
xmlto-0.0.28 and
asciidoc-10.2.0
,
and also
dblatex
(for the PDF version of the user manual), and
docbook2x to
create info pages
Installation of Git
Install Git by running the following
commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig \
--with-python=python3 &&
make
You can build the man pages and/or html docs, or
use downloaded ones. If you choose to build them, use the next two
instructions.
If you have installed asciidoc-10.2.0 you can
create the html version of the man pages and other docs:
make html
If you have installed asciidoc-10.2.0 and
xmlto-0.0.28 you can create the man pages:
make man
The test suite can be run in parallel mode. To run the test suite, issue:
make -k test.
Now, as the root
user:
make perllibdir=/usr/lib/perl5/5.38/site_perl install
If you created the man pages and/or html docs
Install the man pages as the
root user:
make install-man
Install the html docs as the
root user:
make htmldir=/usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 install-html
If you downloaded the man pages and/or html docs
If you downloaded the man pages untar them as the
root user:
tar -xf ../git-manpages-2.43.0.tar.xz \
-C /usr/share/man --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir
If you downloaded the html docs untar them as the
root user:
mkdir -vp /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 &&
tar -xf ../git-htmldocs-2.43.0.tar.xz \
-C /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 --no-same-owner --no-overwrite-dir &&
find /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; &&
find /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;Reorganize text and html in the html-docs (both methods)
For both methods, the html-docs include a lot of plain text files.
Reorganize the files as the
root user:
mkdir -vp /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/man-pages/{html,text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/{git*.txt,man-pages/text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/{git*.,index.,man-pages/}html &&
mkdir -vp /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/technical/{html,text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/technical/{*.txt,text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/technical/{*.,}html &&
mkdir -vp /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/howto/{html,text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/howto/{*.txt,text} &&
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/howto/{*.,}html &&
sed -i '/^<a href=/s|howto/|&html/|' /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/howto-index.html &&
sed -i '/^\* link:/s|howto/|&html/|' /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0/howto-index.txtCommand Explanations
--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig: This sets
/etc/gitconfig as the file that stores
the default, system wide, Git
settings.
--with-python=python3: Use this switch to use
Python 3, instead of the EOL'ed
Python 2. Python is used for the
git p4 interface to Perforce repositories,
and also used in some tests.
--with-libpcre2: Use this switch if
PCRE2 is installed and has been built with
the non-default JIT enabled.
--with-libpcre1: As an alternative to PCRE2, use this
switch if the deprecated PCRE is installed
and has been built with the non-default JIT enabled.
tar -xf ../git-manpages-2.43.0.tar.gz -C
/usr/share/man --no-same-owner: This untars
git-manpages-2.43.0.tar.gz. The
-C option makes tar change directory to
/usr/share/man before
it starts to decompress the docs. The --no-same-owner
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.
mv /usr/share/doc/git-2.43.0 ...: 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.
find ... chmod ...: These commands correct the
permissions in the shipped documentation tar file.
Configuring Git
Config Files
~/.gitconfig and
/etc/gitconfig
Contents
Installed Programs:
git, git-receive-pack, git-upload-archive, and
git-upload-pack (hardlinked to each
other), git-cvsserver, git-shell, gitk, and scalar
Installed Libraries:
None
Installed Directories:
/usr/libexec/git-core,
/usr/lib/perl5/5.38/site_perl/Git, and
/usr/share/{doc/git-2.43.0,git-core,git-gui,gitk,gitweb}
Short Descriptions
git |
is the stupid content tracker
|
git-cvsserver |
is a CVS server emulator for Git
|
gitk |
is a graphical Git repository browser
(needs Tk-8.6.13)
|
git-receive-pack |
is invoked by git send-pack and updates the
repository with the information fed from the remote end
|
git-shell |
is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
access
|
git-upload-archive |
is invoked by git archive --remote and sends
a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol
|
git-upload-pack |
is invoked by git fetch-pack, it discovers
what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
packing
|
scalar |
is a repository management tool that optimizes Git for use in
large repositories
|