From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: Re: as promised, docs: git for the confused Date: 12 Dec 2005 12:39:39 -0800 Message-ID: <86y82qyrqs.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> References: <20051209215414.14072.qmail@science.horizon.com> <7vmzj9zwfu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20051212195319.11d41269.tihirvon@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Timo Hirvonen , junkio@cox.net, linux@horizon.com, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Dec 12 21:44:43 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EluSi-00008y-Ch for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:39:56 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751142AbVLLUjq (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:39:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751104AbVLLUjq (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:39:46 -0500 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:11335 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751142AbVLLUjp (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:39:45 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5C88F6B1; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:39:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blue.stonehenge.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 24221-01-6; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:39:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 989308F6B5; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:39:39 -0800 (PST) To: Linus Torvalds x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.12.15.14; tzolkin = 12 Ix; haab = 12 Mac In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: >>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds writes: Linus> So instead of teaching people about "git-read-tree --reset HEAD" etc that Linus> you'd never know on your own, just teach about "git reset". And not Linus> bothering with the "git-write-tree + git-commit-tree + git-update-ref" Linus> approach, just make people use "git commit" from the very beginning. I learned more by reading the cg-tutorial, at least from the user perspective. I then went back to the git-tutorial, and was able to finally understand that these commands are worth ignoring. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!