From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Keeping Subject: Re: Minor correction to Git book Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 12:08:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20130508110844.GI25912@serenity.lan> References: <71E08C07CB3C444098033ABD69925159145BB1DDE1@BATH-EXCMS.praxis.local> <20130508105141.GH25912@serenity.lan> <71E08C07CB3C444098033ABD69925159145BB1DE33@BATH-EXCMS.praxis.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" To: Robin Messer X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 08 13:15:43 2013 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 1Ua2LV-0004Tt-EU for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:41 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751863Ab3EHLPh (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 May 2013 07:15:37 -0400 Received: from jackal.aluminati.org ([72.9.247.210]:48610 "EHLO jackal.aluminati.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750774Ab3EHLPg (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 May 2013 07:15:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jackal.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA79866007; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:15:35 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at serval.aluminati.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -12.899 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.899 tagged_above=-9999 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, ALUMINATI_LOCAL_TESTS=-10, BAYES_00=-1.9, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from jackal.aluminati.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (jackal.aluminati.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AYNIPrQAnr6x; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:15:23 +0100 (BST) Received: from pichi.aluminati.org (pichi.aluminati.org [10.0.16.50]) by jackal.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71199866046; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:15:15 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pichi.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6DD161E5F3; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:08:54 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aluminati.org Received: from pichi.aluminati.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pichi.aluminati.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LyTnR8AA4gXL; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:08:49 +0100 (BST) Received: from serenity.lan (tg1.aluminati.org [10.0.16.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pichi.aluminati.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9ECB7161E5DB; Wed, 8 May 2013 12:08:46 +0100 (BST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <71E08C07CB3C444098033ABD69925159145BB1DE33@BATH-EXCMS.praxis.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 12:01:00PM +0100, Robin Messer wrote: > > I think the text is correct as it stands. "git status" shows you that > > there are changes that are staged and unstaged, "git diff" (and "git > > diff --cached") shows you what those changes are. > > Thanks, but the command line which follows that text does actually use > "git status" to show which files (staged and unstaged) have changes. > The text I quoted is introducing that command. > > Then the next example shows you how to use "git diff" to see what the > actual unstaged changes to those files are. Ah, OK. I read your email without looking at the context. > If this is not the appropriate place to report such things, please point > me at the correct one. The ProGit book is maintained at https://github.com/progit/progit