It really is an important concept to grasp for people coming
from CVS. Even if it is briefly mentioned, it is not obvious
enough to sink in.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>
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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> It took me a while to realize that a git repository, as soon as
> you've cloned it, is *self-contained*, and that commiting to the
> repository and synchronizing with a different git repository are
> two completely different things (contrary to CVS). This should
> be pronounced more in the CVS->git guide.
Documentation/cvs-migration.txt | 5 +++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
index 6812683..8e610c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cvs-migration.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ First, note some ways that git differs from CVS:
single shared repository which people can synchronize with; see below
for details.
+ * Since every working tree contains a repository, a commit will not
+ publish your changes; it will only create a revision. You have to
+ "push" your changes to a public repository to make them visible
+ to others.
+
Importing a CVS archive
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