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Historically, the macOS jobs have always been among the longest-running ones, and recently the `git p4` tests became another liability: They started to fail much more often (maybe as of the switch away from the `macos-13` pool?), requiring re-runs of the jobs that already were responsible for long CI build times. Of the 35 test scripts that exercise `git p4`, 32 are actually run on macOS (3 are skipped for reasons like case-sensitivee filesystem), and they take an accumulated runtime of over half an hour. Furthermore, the `git p4` command is not really affected by Git for Windows' patches, at least not as far as macOS is concerned, therefore it is not only causing developer friction to have these long-running, frequently failing tests, it is also quite wasteful: There has not been a single instance so far where any `git p4` test failure in Git for Windows had demonstrated an actionable bug. While upstream Git is confident to have addressed the flakiness of the `git p4` tests via ffff0bb0dac1 (Use Perforce arm64 binary on macOS CI jobs, 2025-11-16) (which got slipped in at the 11th hour into the v2.52.0 release, fast-tracked without ever hitting `seen` even after -rc2 was released), I am not quite so confident, and besides, the runtime penalty of running those tests in Git for Windows' CI runs is still a worrisome burden. So let's just disable those tests in the CI runs, at least on macOS. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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.adoc to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.adoc for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.adoc 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.adoc
(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