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To show a remerge diff, the merge needs to be recreated. For that to work, the merge base(s) need to be found, which means that the commits' parents have to be traversed until common ancestors are found (if any). However, one optimization that hails all the way back tocb115748ec(Some more memory leak avoidance, 2006-06-17) is to release the commit's list of parents immediately after showing it _and to set that parent list to `NULL`_. This can break the merge base computation. This problem is most obvious when traversing the commits in reverse: In that instance, if a parent of a merge commit has been shown as part of the `git log` command, by the time the merge commit's diff needs to be computed, that parent commit's list of parent commits will have been set to `NULL` and as a result no merge base will be found (even if one should be found). Traversing commits in reverse is far from the only circumstance in which this problem occurs, though. There are many avenues to traversing at least one commit in the revision walk that will later be part of a merge base computation, for example when not even walking any revisions in `git show <merge1> <merge2>` where `<merge1>` is part of the commit graph between the parents of `<merge2>`. Another way to force a scenario where a commit is traversed before it has to be traversed again as part of a merge base computation is to start with two revisions (where the first one is reachable from the second but not in a first-parent ancestry) and show the commit log with `--topo-order` and `--first-parent`. Let's fix this by special-casing the `remerge_diff` mode, similar to what we did with reflogs inf35650dff6(log: do not free parents when walking reflog, 2017-07-07). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
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 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.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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 (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).
Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message
string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md
(a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).
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Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
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.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks