> From: mailings@xxxxxxxxx > On 05/19/2011 08:43 AM, Tim Mazid wrote: > > > >> Is there a "concepts" or "glossary" man page or similar somewhere that > >> explains all the terms used in git that an "outsider" (somebody who does > >> not develop git and just began to use it) might not be aware of? > > > > Well, I look like an idiot; I just found the glossary man page. > > > > However, there is no entry for "glob", or anything about pathnames. > > > > Well glob is 'real easy' to find, once you actually know that the code > calls fnmatch :-) :-) > > man fnmatch points to man 7 glob :-) > > A regular git user will never know this so adding it to the glossary > seems a good idea Yes... I was merely demonstrating a point... I knew that all along... >.> Onto the glossary, though; I did not even know it existed until just now when I tried to look for it. Nothing ever told me "if you're confused about anything, go 'git help glossary'". I don't think it was ever in the "see also" sections of other pages. Out of curiosity, did Linus/Junio write the majority of the documentation? I know it is difficult to write documentation for those who don't know once you already know what is going on. () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- 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