From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Carl Baldwin <cnb@fc.hp.com>, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>,
Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>,
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Census] So who uses git?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:30:48 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601310926330.7301@g5.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0601311127250.25248@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Carl Baldwin wrote:
>
> > In general, I think it is grasping the reason for the index file and how
> > git commands like git-commit and git-diff interact with it.
>
> IMHO this is the one big showstopper. I had problems explaining the
> concept myself.
>
> For example, I had a hard time explaining to a friend why a git-add'ed
> file is committed when saying "git commit some_other_file", but not
> another (modified) file. Very unintuitive.
I really think you should explain it one of two ways:
- ignore it. Never _ever_ use git-update-index directly, and don't tell
people about use individual filenames to git-commit. Maybe even add
"-a" by default to the git-commit flags as a special installation
addition.
- talk about the index, and revel in it as a way to explain the staging
area. This is what the old tutorial.txt did before it got simplified.
The "ignore the index" approach is the simple one to explain. It's
strictly less powerful, but hey, what else is new?
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-31 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-26 2:10 LCA06 Cogito/GIT workshop - (Re: git-whatchanged: exit out early on errors) Martin Langhoff
2006-01-28 4:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 5:33 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-01-28 5:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 6:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 10:12 ` Fredrik Kuivinen
2006-01-29 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-28 11:00 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-28 21:08 ` [Census] So who uses git? Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 2:14 ` Morten Welinder
2006-01-29 3:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 14:19 ` Morten Welinder
2006-01-29 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 10:09 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-29 11:18 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-29 18:12 ` Greg KH
2006-01-31 18:33 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-31 19:50 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-31 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-31 21:02 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-30 22:51 ` Alex Riesen
2006-01-31 21:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 21:52 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 22:01 ` Alex Riesen
[not found] ` <20060201013901.GA16832@mail.com>
2006-02-01 2:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 2:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-09 5:15 ` [PATCH] "Assume unchanged" git Junio C Hamano
2006-02-09 5:49 ` [PATCH] "Assume unchanged" git: do not set CE_VALID with --refresh Junio C Hamano
2006-02-09 5:50 ` [PATCH] ls-files: debugging aid for CE_VALID changes Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 2:31 ` [Census] So who uses git? Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 3:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 7:03 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <20060201045337.GC25753@mail.com>
2006-02-01 5:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 5:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 16:15 ` Jason Riedy
2006-02-01 19:20 ` Julian Phillips
2006-02-01 19:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-06 21:15 ` Chuck Lever
2006-02-01 2:52 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-02-01 3:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 19:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-02-01 14:55 ` Alex Riesen
2006-02-01 16:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 9:12 ` Alex Riesen
2006-01-29 18:37 ` Dave Jones
2006-01-29 20:17 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-01-29 20:29 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-01-30 15:23 ` Mike McCormack
2006-01-30 18:58 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-01-31 10:27 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 15:24 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-01-31 15:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 17:30 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2006-01-31 18:12 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 19:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-31 19:44 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-01-31 19:52 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <7vd5i8w2nc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
2006-01-31 20:56 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 20:06 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 19:01 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-31 19:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 22:55 ` Joel Becker
2006-02-01 14:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 20:56 ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-01-31 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 19:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-31 23:16 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-01-31 23:36 ` Petr Baudis
2006-01-31 23:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 0:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 0:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 2:19 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-02-01 6:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 7:22 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-01 8:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 9:59 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-02-01 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 17:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 17:18 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 20:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 21:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 21:34 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 22:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 22:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-02 14:59 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-02-01 22:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 23:33 ` Two ideas for improving git's user interface Carl Worth
2006-02-02 0:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-02 1:16 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-03 23:57 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 1:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 1:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-04 8:03 ` Alan Chandler
2006-02-04 8:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-04 9:30 ` Alan Chandler
2006-02-04 0:20 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-04 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-06 23:42 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 12:31 ` Florian Weimer
2006-02-02 16:30 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-02-01 22:57 ` [Census] So who uses git? Daniel Barkalow
2006-02-01 22:00 ` Joel Becker
2006-02-01 19:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-02-01 7:08 linux
2006-02-01 8:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 16:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 16:10 ` Alex Riesen
2006-02-01 21:27 ` linux
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