From: "Duy Nguyen" <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> : Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:48 PM
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 06:24:41PM +0200, Duy Nguyen wrote:
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:21 PM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> From: "Duy Nguyen" <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> : Saturday, April 14, 2018 4:44
> PM
>
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 12:06 AM, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm only just catching up, but does/can this series also capture the
>>> non-command guides that are available in git so that the 'git
>>> help -g'
>>> can
>>> begin to list them all?
>>
>>
>> It currently does not. But I don't see why it should not. This should
>> allow git.txt to list all the guides too, for people who skip "git
>> help" and go hard core mode with "man git". Thanks for bringing this
>> up.
>> --
>> Duy
>>
> Is that something I should add to my todo to add a 'guide' category
> etc.?
I added it too [1]. Not sure if you want anything more on top though.
What I've seen is looking good - I've not had as much time as I'd like..
I'm not sure of the status of the git/generate-cmdlist.sh though. Should
that also be updated, or did I miss that?
--
Philip
The "anything more" that at least I had in mind was something like
this. Though I'm not sure if it's a good thing to replace a hand
crafted section with an automatedly generated one. This patch on top
combines the "SEE ALSO" and "FURTHER DOCUMENT" into one with most of
documents/guides are extracted from command-list.txt
-- 8< --
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 6232143cb9..3e0ecd2e11 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ doc.dep : $(docdep_prereqs) $(wildcard *.txt)
build-docdep.perl
cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt \
+ cmds-guide.txt \
cmds-mainporcelain.txt \
cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt \
cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt \
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index 5aa73cfe45..e158bd9b96 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ for (sort <>) {
for my $cat (qw(ancillaryinterrogators
ancillarymanipulators
+ guide
mainporcelain
plumbinginterrogators
plumbingmanipulators
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4767860e72..d60d2ae0c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -808,29 +808,6 @@ The index is also capable of storing multiple entries
(called "stages")
for a given pathname. These stages are used to hold the various
unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress.
-FURTHER DOCUMENTATION
----------------------
-
-See the references in the "description" section to get started
-using Git. The following is probably more detail than necessary
-for a first-time user.
-
-The link:user-manual.html#git-concepts[Git concepts chapter of the
-user-manual] and linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] both provide
-introductions to the underlying Git architecture.
-
-See linkgit:gitworkflows[7] for an overview of recommended workflows.
-
-See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful
-examples.
-
-The internals are documented in the
-link:technical/api-index.html[Git API documentation].
-
-Users migrating from CVS may also want to
-read linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7].
-
-
Authors
-------
Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
@@ -854,11 +831,16 @@ the Git Security mailing list
<git-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkgit:gittutorial[7], linkgit:gittutorial-2[7],
-linkgit:giteveryday[7], linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7],
-linkgit:gitglossary[7], linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7],
-linkgit:gitcli[7], link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual],
-linkgit:gitworkflows[7]
+
+See the references in the "description" section to get started
+using Git. The following is probably more detail than necessary
+for a first-time user.
+
+include::cmds-guide.txt[]
+
+See also the link:howto-index.html[howto] documents for some useful
+examples. The internals are documented in the
+link:technical/api-index.html[Git API documentation].
GIT
---
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 1835f1a928..f26b8acd52 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -150,10 +150,14 @@ git-whatchanged
ancillaryinterrogators
git-worktree mainporcelain
git-write-tree plumbingmanipulators
gitattributes guide
+gitcvs-migration guide
+gitcli guide
+gitcore-tutorial guide
giteveryday guide
gitglossary guide
gitignore guide
gitmodules guide
gitrevisions guide
gittutorial guide
+gittutorial-2 guide
gitworkflows guide
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