Robert P. J. Day schrieb: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: >>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>> >>>> Another year, another update! :) >>>> >>>> The kernel hacker's guide to git has received some updates: >>>> >>>> http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html >>>> >>>> This includes all the input sent to me in the past several months, >>>> as well as a few new tips and tricks I use on a regular basis. >>>> >>>> In general, this document is designed to be a quick-start cookbook, >>>> and not a comprehensive introduction. >>> there's one issue i have with this document, and that's that i wish it >>> more carefully distinguished between regular git "user" tasks, and git >>> "developer" tasks. >>> >>> i may be mistaken, but it would seem that a lot of folks are going to >>> be what i call basic users, who only want to update their git tree, >>> check the logs, check the status and so on. and if they start to get >>> ambitious, they might make some changes to the tree, do a diff, and >>> submit a patch. but in the beginning, they won't be making commits or >>> switching branches, etc. >>> >>> in short, i can see the value of something like a "getting started >>> with git as a basic user" tutorial. does such a thing exist? >> hmmm. There's the tutorial linked at the bottom of the page, which >> in turn links to >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html >> >> git is a developer's tool, so I sorta targetted that audience. I >> definitely agree that is not only git audience... > > just to be clear, i'm not complaining about the quality of the > document above, but when i got started with git, what i really wanted > was a list of what i (as a simple, non-developer user) could do once i > cloned a repository. > > to that end, i put together my own little reference list of git > commands. for example, i collected ways to examine my repository -- > git commands like branch, tag, log/shortlog, what-changed, show, grep, > blame, that sort of thing. exactly the kind of stuff a new user might > want to know about, even without the ability to change anything. Could you perhaps publish your reference list as kind of a christmas gift to all basic users like me? cu Dieter ps.: sorry for sending this twice, messed up recipients. > > just my $0.02. > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry > Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > http://crashcourse.ca > ======================================================================== > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - 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
