<div align="center"><img src="https://magit.vc/assets/magit-168x200px.png"/></div>
<h2 align="center">A Git Porcelain inside Emacs</h2>
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  <a href="https://magit.vc"><b>homepage</b></a> |
  <a href="https://docs.magit.vc"><b>manual</b></a> |
  <a href="https://docs.magit.vc/magit/FAQ.html"><b>faq</b></a> |
  <a href="https://github.com/magit/magit/wiki"><b>wiki</b></a> |
  <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tarsius"><b>mastodon</b></a>
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  Magit is an interface to the version control system
  <a href="https://git-scm.com">Git</a>, implemented as an
  <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs">Emacs</a> package.
  Magit aspires to be a complete Git porcelain.  While we cannot
  (yet) claim that Magit wraps and improves upon each and every Git
  command, it is complete enough to allow even experienced Git users
  to perform almost all of their daily version control tasks directly
  from within Emacs.  While many fine Git clients exist, only Magit
  and Git itself deserve to be called porcelains.
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  Keeping its users <a href= "https://magit.vc/quotes/">this excited</a>
  is <a href="https://stats.magit.vc/magit/authors.html"> a lot of work</a>.
  If Magit makes you <br> more productive too,
  then <b>please consider making a donation</b>.
</div>
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  <em>Thank you! &mdash; Jonas Bernoulli</em>
</div>
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  Some alternative donation methods are <a href="https://magit.vc/donate/">available</a>.
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### Getting Started

If you are new to Magit, then either one of the following two
articles should help understanding how it differs from other Git
clients.

#### [Visual Magit walk-through](https://emacsair.me/2017/09/01/magit-walk-through)

If you are completely new to Magit, then this article is a good
visual introduction.

Almost everything that you see in Magit can be acted on by pressing
some key, but that's not obvious from just seeing how Magit looks.
The screenshots and accompanying text of this article explain how to
perform a variety of actions on Magit's output.

#### [Magit, the magical Git interface](https://emacsair.me/2017/09/01/the-magical-git-interface)

Magit differs significantly from other Git interfaces, and its
advantages are not immediately obvious simply from looking at a few
screenshots as presented in the preceding article.

This article discusses Magit's properties in somewhat more abstract
terms.

#### Video introductions

If you prefer [video](https://magit.vc/screencasts/) introductions,
head over to that page, where find a collection of such introductions
and other videos about Magit, by various creators.

***
### Support and Contributing

Magit has many users and very few maintainers, so we kindly ask to read
the appropriate guidelines before getting in contact. &mdash; Thanks!

Please use your own words.  No stochastic parrots.

- 🆘 [How to ask for help](https://github.com/magit/magit/discussions/4630)
- 🪳 [How to report a bug](https://github.com/magit/magit/wiki/How-to-report-a-bug)
- 💡 [How to suggest a feature](https://github.com/magit/magit/discussions/4631)
- 🏗️ [Pull request guidelines](https://github.com/magit/magit/wiki/Pull-request-guidelines)
- ℹ️ [FAQ](https://docs.magit.vc/magit/FAQ.html)
- ℹ️ [Manual](https://docs.magit.vc/magit)

We use [discussions](https://github.com/magit/magit/discussions) (not issues)
for feature requests.  Please consider asking other users for help, where ever
you like to hang out with other Emacs users.  not every question can only be
answered by the maintainer.

Please consider supporting the maintainer, who makes a living maintaining this
and other packages, with a [donation](https://magit.vc/donate). &mdash; Thanks!

***
### Acknowledgments

Magit was started by [Marius Vollmer][marius], and is now maintained by
[Jonas Bernoulli][jonas] and [Kyle Meyer][kyle].  Former maintainers are
[Nicolas Dudebout][nicolas], [Noam Postavsky][noam],
[Peter J. Weisberg][peter], [Phil Jackson][phil], [Rémi Vanicat][remi] and
[Yann Hodique][yann].  Many more people have [contributed code][authors],
suggested features or made monetary contributions.

***
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  <a href="https://repology.org/project/emacs%3Amagit/versions"><img alt="Packaging status" src="https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/emacs%3Amagit.svg?header=&columns=4&minversion=4.5&exclude_unsupported=1"/></a>
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  <a href="https://snapshots.melpa.org/#/magit"><img alt="MELPA Snapshots" src="https://snapshots.melpa.org/packages/magit-badge.svg"/></a>
  <a href="https://releases.melpa.org/#/magit"><img alt="MELPA Releases" src="https://releases.melpa.org/packages/magit-badge.svg"/></a>
  <a href="https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/magit.html"><img alt="NonGNU ELPA" src="https://emacsair.me/assets/badges/nongnu-elpa.svg"/></a>
</div>
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  <a href="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/compile.yml"><img alt="Compile" src="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/compile.yml/badge.svg"/></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/test.yml"><img alt="Test" src="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg"/></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/manual.yml"><img alt="Manual" src="https://github.com/magit/magit/actions/workflows/manual.yml/badge.svg"/></a>
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[authors]: https://stats.magit.vc/magit/authors.html
[jonas]:   https://emacsair.me
[kyle]:    https://kyleam.com
[marius]:  https://github.com/mvollmer
[nicolas]: https://github.com/dudebout
[noam]:    https://github.com/npostavs
[peter]:   https://github.com/peweisberg-fadv
[phil]:    https://github.com/philjackson
[remi]:    https://github.com/vanicat
[yann]:    https://yann.hodique.info
