README.md

   1 [Git][] is a popular distributed version control system.  It is used
   2 by projects ranging from the [huge][linux] to the [tiny][gist],
   3 including your very own [Software Carpentry][swc].
   4
   5 On the technical side, it offers [staging areas][staging],
   6 [revisionist history][rewrite], and a simple [object
   7 model][internals].
   8
   9 [Git]: http://git-scm.com/
  10 [linux]: https://www.kernel.org/
  11 [gist]: https://gist.github.com/
  12 [swc]: http://software-carpentry.org/contrib/create.html
  13 [staging]: http://git-scm.com/about/staging-area
  14 [rewrite]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#cleaning-up-history
  15 [internals]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Internals