From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yakup Akbay Subject: Re: Pro Git Book -- Git Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:32:25 +0300 Message-ID: <4A6EE1C9.8090701@ubicom.com> Reply-To: d411cc4a0907271056x458d7b15lc1b2868a46884175@mail.gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jul 28 13:32:55 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MVkvO-00029m-Ho for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:32:55 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752255AbZG1Lcp convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:32:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751649AbZG1Lcp (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:32:45 -0400 Received: from gwlb1.appriver.com ([69.20.60.122]:13750 "EHLO server70.appriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751348AbZG1Lco (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:32:44 -0400 Received: by server70.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 5.2.14) with PIPE id 100096179; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:32:01 -0400 Received: from [216.112.109.98] (HELO stork.scenix.com) by server70.appriver.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.14) with ESMTP id 100096133 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:31:47 -0400 Received: from [172.18.200.178] ([172.18.200.178]) by stork.scenix.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:30:12 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2009 11:30:13.0390 (UTC) FILETIME=[C5E112E0:01CA0F76] X-Policy: GLOBAL - ubicom.com X-Primary: yakbay@ubicom.com X-Note: This Email was scanned by AppRiver SecureTide X-Virus-Scan: V- X-Note: TCH-CT/SI:0-76/SG:2 7/28/2009 7:31:12 AM X-GBUdb-Analysis: 0, 216.112.109.98, Ugly c=0.631376 p=-0.834061 Source Normal X-Signature-Violations: 0-0-0-4201-c X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: PRIVATE->UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES X-Note-Sending-IP: 216.112.109.98 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: 216.112.109.98.ptr.us.xo.net X-Note-WHTLIST: yakbay@ubicom.com X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: 114 115 116 117 121 122 217 X-Note: Mail Class: VALID Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > Hey all, > > Just a heads up - I've been working on a book on Git being published > by Apress called "Pro Git", which is being licensed under a CC 3.0 > license and as I've just finished some of the final reviews, I've put > the entire content of the book online at: > > http://progit.org > > It should be shipping at the end of August, I think, but I just wante= d > to let people know that there is another resource out there to help > learn Git. This one was actually technically edited by Shawn, too, s= o > hopefully not too many serious errors of mine got through. > > I've added a link to it on http://git-scm.com under the Books section= , > in case you want to point any newbies there. Hope this helps take > some teaching load off some of your plates. > > Thanks, > Scott Great! BTW, I've had the chance to read the last section (Git Internals) and t= here's one sentence, which I'm not sure about the meaning.=20 The last paragraph in http://progit.org/book/ch9-3.html states: > Remote references differ from branches (|refs/heads| references)=20 > mainly in that they can=92t be checked out. Git moves them around as=20 > bookmarks to the last known state of where those branches were on=20 > those servers. Is this true? If I do `git checkout /` then I can check= out the tree, which is referenced by the 'remote reference'.=20 Or am I misunderstanding the sentence? What is meant by 'remote referen= ce' and by this sentence? P.s. I just have subscribed to the maillist but not approved yet. So, i= t might not go to the right place. Sorry, if this email does not appear= under the correct thread.=20 Regards, Yakup