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16 .Dd $Mdocdate$
17 .Dt GOT 1
18 .Os
19 .Sh NAME
20 .Nm got
21 .Nd distributed version control system
22 .Sh SYNOPSIS
23 .Nm
24 .Ar command
25 .Op Fl h
26 .Op Ar arg ...
27 .Sh DESCRIPTION
28 .Nm
29 is a distributed version control system which prioritizes ease of use
30 and simplicity over flexibility.
31 .Pp
32 .Nm
33 stores the history of files tracked in version control in a repository
34 which happens to use the same on-disk format as so-called
35 .Dq bare
36 repositories created by the popular Git version control system.
37 This repository format is described in
38 .Xr got-repository 5 .
39 .Pp
40 .Nm
41 is a
42 .Dq distributed
43 version control system because every copy of a repository is writeable.
44 Modifications made to files can be synchronized between repositories
45 automatically at any time.
46 .Pp
47 Files managed by
48 .Nm
49 must be checked out from the repository for modification.
50 Checked out files are stored in a
51 .Em work tree
52 which can be placed at an arbitrary directory in the filesystem hierarchy.
53 The format of a
54 .Nm
55 work tree is described in
56 .Xr got-worktree 5 .
57 .Pp
58 .Nm
59 provides global and command-specific options.
60 Global options must preceed the command name, and are as follows:
61 .Bl -tag -width tenletters
62 .It Fl h
63 Display usage information.
64 .El
65 .Pp
66 The commands are as follows:
67 .Bl -tag -width checkout
68 .It Cm checkout
69 Copy files from a repository into a new work tree.
70 The work tree may be restricted to a subset of the repository's tree
71 hierarchy by specifying the
72 .Fl p Ar prefix
73 option.
74 In this case, only files beneath the specified directory prefix will
75 be checked out.
76 .\".It Cm status
77 .\"Show current status of files.
78 .It Cm log
79 Display history of the repository.
80 .El
81 .Sh EXIT STATUS
82 .Ex -std got
83 .Sh SEE ALSO
84 .Xr got-repository 5
85 .Xr got-worktree 5