From 07f050c9996cbda2af8d42996ebd349dcdb4c28d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthieu Moy Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:52:06 +0100 Subject: README: point to Documentation/SubmittingPatches It was indeed not obvious for new contributors to find this document in the source tree, since there were no reference to it outside the Documentation/ directory. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- README | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 67cfeb2016..d2690ec8dc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ 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. +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://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 -- cgit v1.2.1 From 779d7e93773a0dcf918dc77023511fdc68161bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:37:47 +0100 Subject: README: Git is released under the GPLv2, not just "the GPL" And this is clearly stressed by Linus in the COPYING file. So make it clear in the README as well, to avoid possible misunderstandings. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- README | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index d2690ec8dc..96822e36db 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ 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. +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. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. -- cgit v1.2.1 From 71ce415dc088f19a0b8d6c8567dfdd6d851842b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:24:10 -0800 Subject: README: it does not matter who the current maintainer is The audience of this introductory document does not have to know nor interact with the maintainer, so drop the mention of him. Other documents such as SubmittingPatches may be a more suitable place to have it. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- README | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 96822e36db..49713ea08e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ and full access to internals. 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. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. +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. -- cgit v1.2.1 From 33b29fd12c04fb599ff3d2a3235bb187710a9080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:10:58 -0800 Subject: README: update stale and/or incorrect information Ramkumar Ramachandra noticed that the old address for the marc archive no longer works. Update it to its marc.info address, and also refer to the gmane site. Remove the reference to "note from the maintainer", which is not usually followed by any useful discussion on status, direction nor tasks. Also replace the reference to "What's in git.git" with "What's cooking". Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- README | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 49713ea08e..a960ca8f28 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ 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://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. +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. -- cgit v1.2.1 From 48a8c26c625a4d3631c4f614bceb38933e741408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Ackermann Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:16:20 +0100 Subject: Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GIT In the earlier days, we used to spell the name of the system as GIT, to simulate as if it were typeset with capital G and IT in small caps. Later we stopped doing so at around 1.6.5 days. Let's stop doing so throughout the documentation. The name to refer to the whole system (and the concept it embodies) is "Git"; the command end-users type is "git". And document this in the coding guideline. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- README | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 49713ea08e..f7fc0dec28 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// - GIT - the stupid content tracker + Git - the stupid content tracker //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// -- cgit v1.2.1