$ git log --pretty=format:'%h %s (%cs)%d'
46950a084 man/man3/getopt_long*.3: Split getopt_long_only() from getopt_long(3) (2025-12-07)
(HEAD -> master)
8caecf0d9 man/man3/getopt_long.3: SYNOPSIS: Simplify feature test macro (2025-12-07)
28d3fa4cf man/man3/getopt*.3: Split getopt_long*() from getopt(3) (2025-12-07)
1e6dea7c8 man/man3/*s*printf.3: Split [v]sprintf() from snprintf(3) (2025-12-07)
943b995f6 man/man3/*printf.3: Split *s*printf() from printf(3) (2025-12-07)
6c4036cbd man/man5/proc.5: Remove redundant paragraph (2025-12-05)
89ea1095f share/mk/: help-list-variables: Don't list undefined variables (2025-12-05)
cb50e9684 share/mk/: $UNIQ: Add dependency (2025-12-04)
284d5edc7 share/mk/: help-list-targets: Use 'make -n' (2025-12-04)
829f54022 share/mk/: help, help-*: Add targets to list targets, variables, and build dependencies (2025-12-04)
...
$ git cat-file blob HEAD:README
Name
Linux man-pages - manual pages for GNU/Linux
Synopsis
This package contains GNU/Linux manual pages for sections 1
through 8.
Description
The manual pages in this project document primarily the Linux
kernel and the GNU C library, but also consider relevant
differences in other kernels or C libraries.
These pages are most of the section 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 man pages for
GNU/Linux. A few pages are provided in sections 1 and 8 for
commands that are not documented in other packages, and there are
a few pages in sections 5 and 8 for the timezone utilities.
Files
AUTHORS
List of individuals and organizations that have contributed
content to the project.
CONTRIBUTING
CONTRIBUTING.d/*
Instructions for reporting bugs and contributing.
INSTALL
Instructions for installing and uninstalling.
MAINTAINER_NOTES
Notes for maintainers.
README
Main information about the project and the repository.
RELEASE
Instructions for releasing and distributing new versions.
Changes, Changes.old
Change log. Includes most relevant changes. However, it's not
as complete as the git(1) log.
GNUmakefile, share/mk/*
Build system. For help, consult the <INSTALL> file, and run
'make help'.
lsm
Linux software map. See also <https://lsm.qqx.org/>.
LICENSES/*.txt
Licenses in use by the project.
etc/*
Configuration files for (linter) programs called by the build
system.
man/*
Manual pages.
scripts/*
Useful scripts for maintainers.
.tmp/
Default directory for files created by the build system.
Versions
Distribution
<https://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/>
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/share/dist/man-pages/>
Git
<https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/src/alx/linux/man-pages/man-pages.git/>
Online man-pages
PDF
<https://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/book/>
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/share/dist/man-pages/>
HTML
<https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html>
History
Tarballs
Tarballs of man-pages-1.* releases are available at:
<https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/ftpdocs/linux-local/manpages.archive/>
Maintainers
Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
2020 - present (5.09 - HEAD)
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> <https://man7.org/>
2004 - 2021 (2.00 - 5.13)
Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl> <https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb>
1995 - 2004 (1.6 - 1.70)
Rik Faith <https://www.cs.unc.edu/~faith/>
1993 - 1995 (1.0 - 1.5)
Caveats
Some projects provide their own manual pages, not related to the
Linux man-pages project.
Bugs
See the <CONTRIBUTING> file.
Copyright
Several free/open source licenses. See the <LICENSES/>
directory, and the comment at the top of each source file.
See also
man-pages(7)
Website
<https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/index.html>.
Downstream packages
Arch man-pages
<https://archlinux.org/packages/core/any/man-pages/>
Debian manpages
<https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/manpages>
Fedora rpms/man-pages
<https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages>
Gentoo sys-apps/man-pages
<https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/man-pages>
openSUSE man-pages
<https://software.opensuse.org/package/man-pages>
Related projects
Debian manpages-l10n
<https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/>
GNU C Library (glibc)
<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/>
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
<https://gcc.gnu.org/>
GNU roff (groff)
<https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/>
Linux kernel
<https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
man-db
<https://man-db.gitlab.io/man-db/>
mandoc
<https://mandoc.bsd.lv/>
# heads (aka `branches'):
$ git for-each-ref --sort=-creatordate refs/heads \
--format='%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(subject) (%(creatordate:short))'
* master man/man3/getopt_long*.3: Split getopt_long_only() from getopt_long(3) (2025-12-07)
posix24 man/: Update some APIs for POSIX.1-2024 (2025-10-29)
prehistory Merge prehistory and history (2022-12-19)
prehistory-backwards man-pages 1.0 (2022-12-15)
seccomp_user_notif seccomp_user_notif.2: Remove FIXME asking about usefulness of POLLOUT/EPOLLOT (2020-10-27)
pty_lang_fixup ioctl_tty.2, poll.2, getpt.3, grantpt.3, openpty.3, posix_openpt.3, ptsname.3, ttyname.3, unlockpt.3, pts.4, pty.7: Eliminate problematic "master-slave" terminology (2020-07-29)
# tags:
$ git for-each-ref --sort=-creatordate refs/tags \
--format='%(refname:short) %(subject) (%(creatordate:short))'
man-pages-6.16 man-pages-6.16 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-10-29) tar.gz
man-pages-6.15 man-pages-6.15 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-07-20) tar.gz
man-pages-6.14 man-pages-6.14 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-05-09) tar.gz
man-pages-6.13 man-pages-6.13 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-03-06) tar.gz
man-pages-6.12 man-pages-6.12 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-02-22) tar.gz
man-pages-6.11 man-pages-6.11 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-02-14) tar.gz
man-pages-6.10 man-pages-6.10 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2025-01-22) tar.gz
man-pages-6.9.1 man-pages-6.9.1 - manual pages for GNU/LINUX (2024-06-17) tar.gz
man-pages-6.9 man-pages-6.9 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2024-06-14) tar.gz
man-pages-6.8 man-pages-6.8 - manual pages for GNU/Linux (2024-05-19) tar.gz
...
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