Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753996AbXLWMIw (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:08:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751729AbXLWMIl (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:08:41 -0500 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:59318 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751116AbXLWMIk (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:08:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:08:37 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Jeff Garzik cc: Linux Kernel , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: Updated Kernel Hacker's guide to git In-Reply-To: <476E42BF.1010300@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <200612241807.kBOI746w008739@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> <476E42BF.1010300@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1617 Lines: 43 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? 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/