On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:46:06AM +0100, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > - I tried writing something modeled loosely on the hg quick > > start. It's a little out of date now, but that could be > > fixed: > > > > http://www.fieldses.org/~bfields/git-quick-start.html > > > > I like this, although fetch should probably have "--force" instead of > the "+branch" notation. --force stands out more and users are familiar > with --force possibly destroying things (rm -rf, anyone?). I started out writing it that way (for the reasons you give), then changed it on the theory starting out with the "+" notation would make it simpler explaining how to do the remote configuration. Now that there's git-remote, and less need to manipulate the remote configuration by hand, maybe that's less important. > I think the document is fine as it is, but could probably start off with > a link to the tutorial, quickstart or a revised version of everyday.txt, > stating that "here's something you might want to read if you prefer to > experiment. If you think something goes wrong, come back here and find > out why". Sounds sensible. > Indeed. I for one like examples that tell me > > # type this > # this will happen > # you can see what you just did with this, this, and this command > # this is because... > > Not only is it good for learning the how and the why, but it also trains > the fingers right from the start. OK. This is a place where I'd really appreciate any contributions. --b. - 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