Hi, On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, linux@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > How do you explain the point of an electric screwdriver to someone who's > never seen a screw? He'll think it's a silly way to wind up yarn. I show him how to use it. And that's actually a fine analogy: While the principle of a screw is quite clever, working with it -- even with an electric screwdriver -- is easy. And the most important part: I never read instructions on how to use it. I saw somebody use it and -- voila! -- I can use it myself. > I'll be the first to explain that the git docs have some major problems. > "git show" is a really useful command. It has a zillion options to do > cool things. Have you read the man page? I think that the importance of documentation is overrated. Users have come to expect to use programs without reading a manual. DWIM comes to mind. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html