From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: Newbie grief Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:28:26 -0700 Message-ID: <86ipgfmw05.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <4F9F128C.5020304@palm.com> <201204302331.q3UNVo7o032303@no.baka.org> <4F9F3919.6060805@palm.com> <20120501111415.GD5769@thunk.org> <4FA02830.3040407@palm.com> <86havzoi8h.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4FA04D02.6090702@palm.com> <86mx5rmx32.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <7v62cf8v2d.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <4FA054BA.80601@palm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , Sitaram Chamarty , "Ted Ts'o" , Seth Robertson , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Rich Pixley X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue May 01 23:28:35 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SPKcc-0002Ql-Bd for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 01 May 2012 23:28:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752454Ab2EAV23 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2012 17:28:29 -0400 Received: from lax-gw16.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.116]:51817 "EHLO gw16.lax01.mailroute.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751868Ab2EAV23 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2012 17:28:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gw16.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EACFD5BC108; Tue, 1 May 2012 21:28:28 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: by MailRoute Received: from gw16.lax01.mailroute.net ([199.89.0.116]) by localhost (gw16.lax01.mailroute.net.mailroute.net [127.0.0.1]) (mroute_mailscanner, port 10026) with LMTP id dMsRTkoR2e0h; Tue, 1 May 2012 21:28:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [208.79.95.2]) by gw16.lax01.mailroute.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDADE5BC1FA; Tue, 1 May 2012 21:28:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 067631378; Tue, 1 May 2012 14:28:27 -0700 (PDT) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.19.6.6; tzolkin = 4 Cimi; haab = 9 Uo In-Reply-To: <4FA054BA.80601@palm.com> (Rich Pixley's message of "Tue, 01 May 2012 14:25:14 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (berkeley-unix) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Rich" == Rich Pixley writes: Rich> I think we have different definitions of "easily". This is Rich> simple, first use sorts of stuff. Have you read the Pro Git book? Have you read the gitcore-tutorial page? Have you read the gitworkflows manpage? The processes for "simple, first use" sorts of stuff never gets into the complexity you are describing. You're definitely into more advanced stuff and then complain when you also need to be more advanced to set it up. Not sure what your goal is, then. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion