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The compatibility definition for qsort_s() uses "char buffer[1024]" on the stack to avoid making malloc() calls for small temporary space, which essentially hand-rolls alloca(). But the elements of the array being sorted may have alignment needs more strict than what an array of bytes may have. &buf[0] may be word aligned, but using the address as if it stores the first element of an array of a struct, whose first member may need to be aligned on double-word boundary, would be a no-no. We could use xalloca() from git-compat-util.h, or alloca() directly on platforms with HAVE_ALLOCA_H, but let's try using unconditionally xmalloc() before we know the performance characteristics of the callers. It may not make much of an argument to inspect the current callers and say "it shouldn't matter to any of them", but anyway: * The one in object-name.c is used to sort potential matches to a given ambiguous object name prefix in the error path; * The one in pack-write.c is done once per a pack .idx file being written to create the reverse index, so (1) the cost of malloc() overhead is dwarfed by the cost of the packing operation, and (2) the number of entries being sorted is the number of objects in a pack; * The one in ref-filter.c is used by "branch --list", "tag --list", and "for-each-ref", only once per operation. We sort an array of pointers with entries, each corresponding to a ref that is shown. * The one in string-list.c is used by sort_string_list(), which is way too generic to assume any access patterns, so it may or may not matter, but I do not care too much ;-) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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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.
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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).
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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