From: Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: junkio@cox.net, linux@horizon.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: as promised, docs: git for the confused
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:53:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051212195319.11d41269.tihirvon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0512120827440.15597@g5.osdl.org>
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:34:12 -0800 (PST)
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> Or maybe it's just me. But I know _I_ understand things better by seeing
> the "context" that they are used in. Then I go to man-pages later on, if I
> want to know the details.
Me too. BTW, new users very likely read tutorial.txt first. But it is
way too low level (git-cat-file, git-write-tree...). Maybe those low
level commands should be described in technical/ instead? The tutorial
would be logical place for examples.
--
http://onion.dynserv.net/~timo/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-12 17:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2005-12-09 5:43 ` as promised, docs: git for the confused linux
2005-12-09 9:43 ` Petr Baudis
2005-12-09 14:01 ` linux
2005-12-09 16:49 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-12-09 19:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 21:54 ` linux
2005-12-09 23:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-12 16:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-12-12 17:53 ` Timo Hirvonen [this message]
2005-12-12 18:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-12-12 20:39 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-12-13 3:58 ` Joshua N Pritikin
2005-12-13 3:59 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-12-13 5:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-13 5:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-12-13 7:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-12-13 8:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-13 13:58 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2005-12-13 21:16 ` Tip of the day: archaeology Junio C Hamano
2005-12-13 21:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-12-13 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-12 17:54 ` as promised, docs: git for the confused Junio C Hamano
2005-12-13 0:22 ` [PATCH] Everyday: some examples Junio C Hamano
2005-12-09 21:33 ` as promised, docs: git for the confused Petr Baudis
2005-12-09 5:44 ` linux
2005-12-10 1:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-10 8:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-10 10:56 ` linux
2005-12-04 21:34 git-name-rev off-by-one bug Petr Baudis
2005-12-08 6:34 ` as promised, docs: git for the confused linux
2005-12-08 21:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-12-08 22:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-12-09 0:47 ` Alan Chandler
2005-12-09 1:45 ` Petr Baudis
2005-12-09 1:19 ` Josef Weidendorfer
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