From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David A. Wheeler" Subject: Re: A very basic tutorial Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:19:18 -0400 Message-ID: <426B0226.8020001@dwheeler.com> References: <1114305552.3114.3.camel@kryten> Reply-To: dwheeler@dwheeler.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 24 04:12:41 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DPWbe-00077o-QC for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:12:23 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262230AbVDXCRI (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:17:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262231AbVDXCRI (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:17:08 -0400 Received: from cujo.runbox.com ([193.71.199.138]:43962 "EHLO cujo.runbox.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262230AbVDXCRF (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Apr 2005 22:17:05 -0400 Received: from [10.9.9.11] (helo=fifi.runbox.com) by greyhound.runbox.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DPWgC-0003Vr-47; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:17:04 +0200 Received: from [70.18.249.32] (helo=[192.168.2.73]) by fifi.runbox.com with asmtp (uid:258406) (Exim 4.34) id 1DPWgB-0002Eg-FO; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 04:17:04 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.2 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: James Purser , git@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1114305552.3114.3.camel@kryten> X-Sender: 258406@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org James Purser wrote: > I've done a very basic tutorial for using git. If someone who knows more > about git (pretty much everyone on this list I think) could have a look > and point out any glaring errors that would be great. You mention two layers, but the layers are about to get (pun?) separate names: git (lower layer) and Cogito (upper layer, and separable from the "real" git lower layer). You should explain the two names. You concentrate on Cogito, which is almost certainly reasonable for normal starting points, but that's not clear in your text. Also: The Cogito user interface is about to undergo a significant rename of the commands. It won't be hard to update your text for it, but you'll need to do so. --- David A. Wheeler