From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Deskin Miller Subject: Re: Git Books Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:48:10 -0500 Message-ID: <20081206234810.GA8809@euler> References: <20081206194515.GA4721@atjola.homenet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git list To: Scott Chacon X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 07 00:49:47 2008 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 1L96u8-0006GY-Vp for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:49:45 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753455AbYLFXsW (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:48:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753454AbYLFXsW (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:48:22 -0500 Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.190]:10251 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752844AbYLFXsV (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:48:21 -0500 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k40so512723rnd.17 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:48:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:sender; bh=vNYk5VYdVikxxcK5j73HA0dYerxzwLZf/qtormtSirk=; b=eRF6RuiNNV3S1UAW5UyOJKFQlm8RAkgdIcD4meK0SP6bkAv/TmPCd/64SD3BzNQVPb u9Uh0XxjBAog1xJARVkxIsVIT90vQ8ZZQ4F/scPt1zXPAdcfxbWE20T0y8enFotSr3M5 f0UvekGk6SDQJ001TZs3Rlp02/yznZGtBd5Qs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:sender; b=TXYRWbqigFK95pgtitj0OKXnxRTdUpagBnq6ODi0m6vf4E5nagggUxhwhMr08GEfbt v1u6chdHAYbyi8TzbBrKsbUCuTCirCg4jQ9FGXAfclDxk/r43D1LJrgRHrgJcG68zNLF dx0hOLpZy1DqS/zcdDw4DDDws9Ht0mgzONPjs= Received: by 10.64.3.5 with SMTP id 5mr1324994qbc.75.1228607300081; Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from euler ([68.40.49.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p9sm5271100qbp.13.2008.12.06.15.48.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:48:19 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081206194515.GA4721@atjola.homenet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 2008.12.06 03:58:28 -0800, Scott Chacon wrote: > So, since I'm near the beginning of this process, I was wondering if > the group had any feedback as to what might be super helpful to > include. I mean, I have a pretty good layout and all, but if you > wanted to point me to some threads that tend to crop up in the mailing > list and IRC channel from relative newcomers that I might be able to > nip in the bud, I would like to. I'm addressing the stuff that _I_ > hear a lot, and I'm scanning the IRC logs and list for topics, but I > figured many of you must answer the same questions all the time, too. I agree with pretty much all of the other suggestions made thus far. One I'd vote for is to explain why pushing to a non-bare repository doesn't magically update the working tree as well; I'd say it's easily one of the most repeated questions on #git. I also vote for addressing workflows heavily. Also, I think a reference section akin to Tv's 'Git for Computer Scientists' page[1] would be handy; I find understanding how git represents the project to inform almost every interesting question about how to accomplish one's goals in a particular situation. Deskin Miller [1] http://eagain.net/articles/git-for-computer-scientists/