From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sverre Rabbelier" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Simplified GIT usage guide Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:16:34 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20081212182827.28408.40963.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <32073.1229130284@redhat.com> Reply-To: sverre@rabbelier.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Jakub Narebski" , torvalds@osdl.org, git@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: "David Howells" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 13 02:17:58 2008 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 1LBJ8k-0002U8-IT for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:17:55 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753485AbYLMBQh (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:16:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753299AbYLMBQh (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:16:37 -0500 Received: from rn-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.170.186]:46545 "EHLO rn-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752865AbYLMBQg (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:16:36 -0500 Received: by rn-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k40so1545011rnd.17 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:16:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=nYZXlY2mHHRDZjZGG/XqZ+jIgPgAeUeBZwHdKCOVSlE=; b=eKyf4uZO6737LScc8WvyjCaj4OuV/z+w+3QsmcW2fpDPkC0AeSk2PnafPip1ywJrdQ XoWP3+ygrRgkRmgFUZdYA22IDTT0GmUnrGuCEilnUnZoALvABE81+4FOC44J9mMJjMhJ 5vfPs+zov+A5G3Bs8u98wU4AgJgfqf07L+w8I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:references; b=hvmmCO5AW13LTgZ7FuJELiPT1gKP2i7xAUkhMDg5d1t/BBaFmakjdx9jwP8Iv/gqGw QLglrHEeNSmCaF1AwYj9BeGMvoTADyJmYoZJ+PGNa5PvkspTcmhaiDHzvJiKvS+TgQoF I05nBSX88IPzbRJLRyZN4Y0njN+yjO8Y2tKFo= Received: by 10.150.145.20 with SMTP id s20mr6776780ybd.121.1229130994774; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:16:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.13.13 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:16:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <32073.1229130284@redhat.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 02:04, David Howells wrote: > (3) You put some non-basic stuff in the basic section (branching - this isn't > ordinarily useful, IMHO), but you miss other stuff out ('git rm' for > example). Erm, branching is not ordinarily useful? I think you're Doing It Wrong (TM) then, since branching is a Big Thing (also TM) in DVC, not using branches would be a bit like only using the first 4 gears in a car; sure, it's possible, but you're missing all that extra power! > (4) It needs to be installed with GIT in a form that can easily be cut and > pasted from (maybe this is the case). I'll agree with you that the git-scm site is in fact, a site, and as such cannot easily be accessed. > github First hit on google:http://github.com/ > repoorcz http://repo.or.cz I'm sure both are supposed to be hyperlinks, and some text there as well. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier