On 8/25/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Raible <raible@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi <at> gmail.com> writes: >> >>> +Alice can also use gitk to browse that Bob did: >> >> s/that/what/ ? >> >>> +------------------------------------------------ >>> +alice$ gitk master origin/master >>> +------------------------------------------------ >> >> I think that you meant: >> >> alice$ gitk master..origin/master > > > I'd suggest rewording the explanation to have Alice "compare what both of > them did", not just "browse what Bob did". yes, what i wrote was unclear. I managed to confuse myself too :-) > And for that purpose, I think the original form used by Paolo's patch is > the most appropriate here in an early part of the tutorial, as it teaches > how to view full histories leading to the tips of these two branches. well, it might be a good idea to mention both. do you think we should add a note about git log --graph as well? > Earlier in the tutorial sequence we teach "gitk" without any parameter to > view the history of the current branch, and here the user learns one new > thing, to view more than just the current branch. i think we should use the nice gitk output in other sections of the document as well, i'll send some more patches. > Limiting the output with "..origin/master" (or "...origin/master") can be > taught after demonstrating this most basic form. what wording would you use to clearly explain the difference between ..origin/master and ...origin/master ? anyway, thanks for the commentr. I'll send a new patch in 24 hours. ciao, -- Paolo http://paolo.ciarrocchi.googlepages.com/ -- 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
