From: "Ian Katz" <ifreecarve@gmail.com>
To: "Miklos Vajna" <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tutorial: prefix the prompts with names alice or bob, to make it clear who is doing what
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:27:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dc5b80bf0807101127q63e3132fw207baf0d88db3d9d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080710164520.GZ10347@genesis.frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Ian Katz <ifreecarve@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/gittutorial.txt | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index e71b561..e4248b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ same machine, wants to contribute.
Bob begins with:
------------------------------------------------
-$ git clone /home/alice/project myrepo
+bob$ git clone /home/alice/project myrepo
------------------------------------------------
This creates a new directory "myrepo" containing a clone of Alice's
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Bob then makes some changes and commits them:
------------------------------------------------
(edit files)
-$ git commit -a
+bob$ git commit -a
(repeat as necessary)
------------------------------------------------
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ When he's ready, he tells Alice to pull changes from the rep
ository
at /home/bob/myrepo. She does this with:
------------------------------------------------
-$ cd /home/alice/project
-$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master
+alice$ cd /home/alice/project
+alice$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master
------------------------------------------------
This merges the changes from Bob's "master" branch into Alice's
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ again. By defining 'remote' repository shorthand, you can m
ake
it easier:
------------------------------------------------
-$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
+alice$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
------------------------------------------------
With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using the
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using
the
using:
-------------------------------------
-$ git fetch bob
+alice$ git fetch bob
-------------------------------------
Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
`bob/master`. So after this:
-------------------------------------
-$ git log -p master..bob/master
+alice$ git log -p master..bob/master
-------------------------------------
shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from
@@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ After examining those changes, Alice
could merge the changes into her master branch:
-------------------------------------
-$ git merge bob/master
+alice$ git merge bob/master
-------------------------------------
This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
tracking branch', like this:
-------------------------------------
-$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
+alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
-------------------------------------
Note that git pull always merges into the current branch,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ regardless of what else is given on the command line.
Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using
-------------------------------------
-$ git pull
+bob$ git pull
-------------------------------------
Note that he doesn't need to give the path to Alice's repository;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ repository in the repository configuration, and that locatio
n is
used for pulls:
-------------------------------------
-$ git config --get remote.origin.url
+bob$ git config --get remote.origin.url
/home/alice/project
-------------------------------------
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch unde
r the
name "origin/master":
-------------------------------------
-$ git branch -r
+bob$ git branch -r
origin/master
-------------------------------------
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ If Bob later decides to work from a different host, he can s
till
perform clones and pulls using the ssh protocol:
-------------------------------------
-$ git clone alice.org:/home/alice/project myrepo
+bob$ git clone alice.org:/home/alice/project myrepo
-------------------------------------
Alternatively, git has a native protocol, or can use rsync or http;
--
1.5.3.7
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2008-07-10 16:12 ` [PATCH] tutorial: prefix the prompts with names alice or bob, to make it clear who is doing what Ian Katz
2008-07-10 16:45 ` Miklos Vajna
2008-07-10 18:27 ` Ian Katz [this message]
2008-07-10 21:01 ` [PATCH] tutorial: clarify "pull" is "fetch + merge" Junio C Hamano
2008-07-11 2:41 ` Jeff King
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