From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jonas Juselius" Subject: Re: Git in a Nutshell guide Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:34:38 +0100 Message-ID: <1195558478.10369.8.camel@localhost> References: <1195477504.8093.15.camel@localhost> <1195488877.10573.29.camel@localhost> <3057F6F3-BEAA-447A-AB79-A0AFB7DB8826@lrde.epita.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-VqZz1z1P8T2JrBkPKYHW" Cc: "git" To: "Benoit Sigoure" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Nov 20 12:35:03 2007 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 1IuRNd-0002Ey-1M for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:35:01 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756445AbXKTLen (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:34:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756365AbXKTLen (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:34:43 -0500 Received: from mux2.uit.no ([129.242.5.252]:62581 "EHLO mux2.uit.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755994AbXKTLem (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:34:42 -0500 Received: from EVS1.ad.uit.no (eden6.ad.uit.no [129.242.8.62]) by mux2.uit.no (8.13.8/8.13.6/Mux) with ESMTP id lAKBYcVQ034495; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:34:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from EVS2.ad.uit.no ([129.242.8.59]) by EVS1.ad.uit.no with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:34:38 +0100 Received: from 129.242.24.54 ([129.242.24.54]) by EVS2.ad.uit.no ([129.242.8.29]) via Exchange Front-End Server postboks.uit.no ([129.242.164.132]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:34:38 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from snowflake by postboks.uit.no; 20 Nov 2007 12:34:38 +0100 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message In-Reply-To: <3057F6F3-BEAA-447A-AB79-A0AFB7DB8826@lrde.epita.fr> X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Git in a Nutshell guide Thread-Index: AcgraVVICEqOvC8kRkutUf4O7ghyKQ== X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Nov 2007 11:34:38.0330 (UTC) FILETIME=[5555B5A0:01C82B69] X-Virus-Scanned: : ok X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.62 on 129.242.5.252 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --=-VqZz1z1P8T2JrBkPKYHW Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:49 +0100, Benoit Sigoure wrote: > You can create a repository on repo.or.cz then :) I will :=3D) >=20 > As it is often the case different people happen to work on similar =20 > things without knowing each other. I started http://repo.or.cz/w/=20 > tutorial.git which is meant to be a big Beamer presentation that =20 > presents Git thoroughly. I wrote some ideas but didn't start to =20 > write the slides. Just in case you want to have a look. Thanks, there are certainly some things in that document that I ought to consider incorporating in the guide. But for now I'll let it rest for a little while, because I don't have time to mess with it. Patches are always welcome ;) > One of the things you said in your guide is that Git is easy to =20 > learn. I think this is wrong. Git is way more complicated than most =20 > other SCMs, especially compared to SVN. Its documentation is far =20 > behind, compared to what other SCMs have. There is no real user =20 > guide and the man pages are incomplete, at best. I know saying this =20 > is a bit harsh, especially to the people out there that are working =20 > and sending patches to improve the documentation, but I think we have =20 > to admit that it's true, even though Git is making progress on this =20 > aspect. Well, you are right to some extent. But it's this gap I would like to fill with the nutshell guide. The "for normal people" slogan is meant to refer to non-technical developers (like scientists). I should probably include a little section in the intro describing distributed vs. centralised SCMs in general. Thanks for the input, .jonas. --=-VqZz1z1P8T2JrBkPKYHW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHQsZOwakVfwpZemYRAgCXAJ9KBJe7oAODYydcTyZ5uJK4RRwS+ACfU+Ae AqHf9Rl0tI77wWF7WzWJLpg= =9/Xa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-VqZz1z1P8T2JrBkPKYHW--