From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Contreras Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 8/8] user-manual: simplify the user configuration Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:22:56 +0200 Message-ID: <94a0d4530903231722t73fc85dq9cafb8a97cc2b674@mail.gmail.com> References: <1237745121-6325-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <1237745121-6325-6-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <1237745121-6325-7-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <1237745121-6325-8-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <1237745121-6325-9-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <0A3F8ECD-EEFA-4DB0-AFED-AEE7DAFE8DB3@wincent.com> <94a0d4530903221601hb3bf8aelf98b22ee560dfb7b@mail.gmail.com> <984D312E-12B8-4A8C-B567-EF5AF1DDD3D6@wincent.com> <94a0d4530903230407i2c858a5dk2c2e0703608e42d3@mail.gmail.com> <52360AC9-EAE8-4DC3-9368-7220A034E0B5@wincent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Wincent Colaiuta X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Mar 24 01:25:44 2009 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 1LluSd-00047n-73 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; 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c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qIFEMonDEyQgulwOdC2qPY0LqZBLNd/HYIet7VuNXQoL1aALAATvjgLf3JYCIgJguK c9T332F7ckVWjbmVLVrxwjoz3nEiCGDnbC3EwQo0AcgCNYum8eUajjBNHb6j9EUsQHVX 0lM2Vx1ADAWEk6k+vHOo0UjcAUJTIBWKRlncA= Received: by 10.86.53.11 with SMTP id b11mr4124102fga.23.1237854176671; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:22:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52360AC9-EAE8-4DC3-9368-7220A034E0B5@wincent.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Wincent Colaiuta wro= te: > El 23/3/2009, a las 12:07, Felipe Contreras escribi=C3=B3: > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Wincent Colaiuta = wrote: >>> >>> El 23/3/2009, a las 0:01, Felipe Contreras escribi=C3=B3: >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Wincent Colaiuta >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> El 22/3/2009, a las 19:05, Felipe Contreras escribi=C3=B3: >>>>> >>>>>> This is shorter, avoids the burder to think about the format of = the >>>>>> configuration file, and git config is already used in other plac= es in >>>>>> the manual. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Documentation/user-manual.txt | =C2=A0 =C2=A08 +++----- >>>>>> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >>>>>> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> b/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> index b7678aa..c6ed940 100644 >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> @@ -1015,13 +1015,11 @@ Telling git your name >>>>>> --------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to gi= t. >>>>>> =C2=A0The >>>>>> -easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear= in a >>>>>> -file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: >>>>>> +easiest way is to use the linkgit:git-config[1] command: >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> -[user] >>>>>> - =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 name =3D Your Name Comes Here >>>>>> - =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 email =3D you@yourdomain.example.com >>>>>> +$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here" >>>>>> +$ git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> (See the '"CONFIGURATION FILE"' section of linkgit:git-config[1]= for >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 1.6.2.1.352.gae594 >>>>> >>>>> See this lengthy thread: >>>>> >>>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/106634 >>>> >>>> I've obviously seen that thread because I started it. >>> >>> Yeah, I noticed that only after sending my message. I hadn't realis= ed at >>> first because the patch really looked like it was written by someon= e who >>> hadn't ever seen the thread, as it doesn't address the points raise= d in >>> the >>> thread at all. >> >> I am addressing the points. > > Sorry for not noticing the other patch in the series. I fired off the= email > because when I read 8/8 I thought, "This looks almost exactly like a = patch > that was previously rejected". It's ok, thanks for the comment, I'll keep that in mind for the patch s= eries. --=20 =46elipe Contreras