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authorJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
committerJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
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Merge branch 'baserock/jonathanmaw/S9007/upgrade-git' into baserock/morphbaserock/morph
Reviewed-by: Lars Wirzenius <lars.wirzenius@codethink.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Daniel Silverstone <daniel.silverstone@codethink.co.uk>
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
- GIT - the stupid content tracker
+ Git - the stupid content tracker
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
-Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
-It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
-hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
+Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
+License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
+compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
+Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
@@ -42,13 +43,14 @@ including full documentation and Git related tools.
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
-requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
-to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
-majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
-http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
-
-The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
-git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
-the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
-reference for project status, development direction and
-remaining tasks.
+requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
+Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission).
+To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
+the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
+available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/,
+http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
+
+The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
+list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
+list. The discussion following them give a good reference for
+project status, development direction and remaining tasks.