From: tytso@mit.edu
To: Ron Garret <ron1@flownet.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:07:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100202210732.GI4635@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ron1-0A5B25.21231201022010@news.gmane.org>
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 09:23:12PM -0800, Ron Garret wrote:
> That's fine. My only aim here is to raise the issue.
>
> By the way, if you (plural) think it would be helpful I'd be happy to
> take a stab at rewriting this part of the manual. Writing docs is a
> drag, but it would probably be a useful exercise for me.
It's definitely helpful to have someone who is learning how things
works to point out deficiencies and (ideally) suggest improvements to
the documentation. Most of us here either were around at the
beginning, or (like myself) have used git long enough that we *know*
how things works, and reading the manual with the eyes of a novice is
a skill that few experts have. It's why tech writers are (well, should
be) paid the big bucks. :-)
- Ted
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Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-01 11:52 master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!? Steve Diver
2010-02-01 17:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 17:58 ` Sergei Organov
2010-02-01 22:52 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-01 23:01 ` Petr Baudis
2010-02-01 23:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-01 23:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 23:56 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 0:15 ` Petr Baudis
2010-02-02 0:45 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 0:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-02 1:12 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 19:19 ` J. Bruce Fields
2010-02-02 22:04 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-03 18:27 ` J. Bruce Fields
2010-02-02 4:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-02 5:23 ` Ron Garret
2010-02-02 5:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-02 21:07 ` tytso [this message]
2010-02-02 0:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-02 0:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-02-01 18:12 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-02-01 18:27 ` Jay Soffian
2010-02-01 22:34 ` Steve Diver
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-01-29 20:20 Ron1
2010-01-29 20:27 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 20:35 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 20:38 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 20:56 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 21:20 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:21 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:32 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:51 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:00 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 22:34 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:46 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 23:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 0:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 0:18 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-30 0:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 0:35 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-30 0:38 ` Michael Witten
2010-01-30 0:39 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 1:01 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 1:22 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 2:38 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 2:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 3:26 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 4:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:06 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 4:52 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:15 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 6:25 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 18:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 5:45 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 6:23 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 2:40 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 3:11 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 3:59 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 4:39 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:11 ` Jay Soffian
2010-01-30 5:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-30 5:53 ` Mark Lodato
2010-01-30 6:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 8:59 ` Jeff King
2010-01-30 18:40 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:16 ` A Large Angry SCM
2010-01-29 21:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 2:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2010-01-30 3:15 ` Nicolas Pitre
2010-01-29 20:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2010-01-29 21:16 ` Ron1
2010-01-29 21:25 ` Jacob Helwig
2010-01-29 21:43 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:18 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-31 7:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 20:32 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 21:34 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 22:32 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 22:47 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:05 ` Octavio Alvarez
2010-01-29 23:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 23:30 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 23:28 ` Julian Phillips
2010-01-30 0:14 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 0:18 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 19:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 19:24 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 20:36 ` Scott R. Godin
2010-01-29 21:24 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:28 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-01-29 21:40 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-29 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-29 22:12 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 0:33 ` Michael Witten
2010-01-30 3:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 6:16 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 6:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 7:31 ` Ron Garret
2010-01-30 8:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-30 8:56 ` Ron Garret
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