From: "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Richard Kerry" <richard.kerry@atos.ai>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Julia Evans" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
"Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: add new Git tutorial for beginners
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:22:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fde274d2-8549-4fa6-b61e-518f84926ff8@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq33tsqkr7.fsf@gitster.g>
On Mon, Oct 26, 2026, at 4:17 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca> writes:
>
>>> In short, if it mentions of someone using ssh and vim, I immediately
>>> think they are a Linux user, and I may tend to skip those parts of an
>>> article, or even assume the whole thing is not aimed at me.
>>
>> This makes sense to me, and I agree it's important to be careful about
>> how we talk about SSH and vim for the reasons you say.
>>
>> I think a lot about how to make sure that the Git documentation is
>> trustworthy and credible, and when we suggest using tools that are
>> unfamiliar or not commonly used, it reduces credibility and makes it
>> more likely that people will leave to find information somewhere else.
>
> OK, so shall I mark the topic on hold until you decide if I should
> expect a reroll or we'll address the above in follow-up changes in
> other topics in future?
I'll aim to send a new version this week.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-26 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 19:37 [PATCH 0/2] WIP: doc: add new git tutorial Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-06 19:37 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: remove gittutorial Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-06 19:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: add new Git tutorial for beginners Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-07 19:48 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-19 14:24 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-19 16:49 ` Ben Knoble
2026-10-19 20:42 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-19 21:14 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-20 17:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 17:59 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-20 18:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 18:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 18:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 19:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-21 17:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-21 21:24 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-20 18:22 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-20 18:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-26 16:03 ` Richard Kerry
2026-10-26 19:14 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-26 20:03 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-26 20:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-26 20:22 ` Julia Evans [this message]
2026-10-26 20:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-07 19:26 ` [PATCH 0/2] WIP: doc: add new git tutorial D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-19 14:55 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-19 14:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: remove gittutorial Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-19 14:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: add new Git tutorial for beginners Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-20 1:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] doc: add new git tutorial Junio C Hamano
2026-10-20 2:24 ` Ben Knoble
2026-10-20 12:18 ` Julia Evans
2026-10-20 18:50 ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-10-20 19:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] doc: remove gittutorial Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: add new Git tutorial for beginners Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-23 18:01 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] doc: add new git tutorial Ben Knoble
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