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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [FAQ?] Rationale for git's way to manage the index
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 14:55:13 +0200 (CEST)
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Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Guilhem Bonnefille wrote:

> As a newbie, I'm agree with Matthieu: the Git's index is surprising for 
> people coming from CVS/SVN (mindless?) world. So a good documentation 
> about this, even in tutorials, is really important.

So, you are not only a newbie, but you have to unlearn some CVS 
braindamage.

I don't know how to make it even more prominent that CVS users should read 
a special introduction first. AFAICT such a hint is in all the appropriate 
places. (I mean, you would not expect to be able to fly a plane, just 
because you have learnt to drive a car, wouldn't you?)

Ciao,
Dscho