---
name: "git.transition"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git"
version: "4.3.20-10"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git.transition"
---

# git.transition(1)

GNU Interactive Tools - git transition script

## NAME

git.transition - GNU Interactive Tools - git transition script

## SYNTAX

*git \[arguments to gitfm\]*

## DESCRIPTION

The filemanager with GNU Interactive Tools (git) is now called *gitfm*

git.transition is a very small script that replaces /usr/bin/git. The script warns the user of the rename, and then runs [gitfm(1)](/gitfm/1.md), passing any supplied arguments.

git was renamed to gitfm to avoid confusion with Linus Torvalds' content tracker, also called git.

If you wish to complete the transition early, install git-core and (as root) use:

 update-alternatives --config git

## SEE ALSO

[gitfm(1)](/gitfm/1.md)

[git(7)](/git/7.md) (part of the git-core package)

## AUTHORS

*Tudor Hulubei \<tudor@cs.unh.edu\>*\
 *Andrei Pitis \<pink@pub.ro\>*\
 *Ian Beckwith \<ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk\> (Debian modifications)*