{"thread":{"id":"8674","subject":"Little fix and suggestion for the git tutorial","startedAt":"2007-06-21T16:45:01Z","lastAt":"2007-06-22T03:18:11Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Carlos Rica","J. Bruce Fields"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"45513","messageId":"1b46aba20706210945h49139cc2y69d2de972f014189@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"8674","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Little fix and suggestion for the git tutorial","fromName":"Carlos Rica","fromEmail":"jasampler@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-06-21T16:45:01Z","receivedAt":"2007-06-21T16:45:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jasampler@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Sorry for not sending a patch, I was following the tutorial and found\nthis, in the section \"Using git for collaboration\":\n\n 307 With this, you can perform the first operation alone using the\n 308 \"git fetch\" command without merging them with her own branch,\n 309 using:\n\nI think that \"you\" should be replaced with \"she\".\n\nI have a suggestion also that I don't know how to fix. The text in\nthat section seems to say something like you need to add a \"remote\"\nalias to be able to run fetch for retrieving without merging:\n\n...[remote add <alias>]...\n\n 307 With this, you can perform the first operation alone using the\n 308 \"git fetch\" command without merging them with her own branch,\n 309 using:\n\n....[fetch <alias>]...\n\n 315 Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a\n 316 remote repository shorthand set up with `git remote`, what was\n 317 fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case\n 318 `bob/master`.  So after this:\n\nI'm not sure, but I think that you could use fetch without the need of\nan alias. I think that here it is trying to avoid more advanced\nexplanations or longer commands, however I don't know how to say it\nbetter, perhaps mentioning that this way it is easier, without\nomitting that it could be done without a \"remote\" alias for the repo.\n\nThat's all, thank you\n"},{"id":"45539","messageId":"20070622031811.GA8027@fieldses.org","threadId":"8674","inReplyTo":"1b46aba20706210945h49139cc2y69d2de972f014189@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Little fix and suggestion for the git tutorial","fromName":"J. Bruce Fields","fromEmail":"bfields@fieldses.org","sentAt":"2007-06-22T03:18:11Z","receivedAt":"2007-06-22T03:18:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bfields@citi.umich.edu","avatar":null},"body":"On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:45:01PM +0200, Carlos Rica wrote:\n> Sorry for not sending a patch, I was following the tutorial and found\n> this, in the section \"Using git for collaboration\":\n> \n> 307 With this, you can perform the first operation alone using the\n> 308 \"git fetch\" command without merging them with her own branch,\n> 309 using:\n> \n> I think that \"you\" should be replaced with \"she\".\n\nYep, thanks.  Actually, I think we should make it \"Alice\".\n\n> I have a suggestion also that I don't know how to fix. The text in\n> that section seems to say something like you need to add a \"remote\"\n> alias to be able to run fetch for retrieving without merging:\n\nYes, I agree, it's confusing.  We're trying to introduce both fetch and\nremotes at the same time.\n\nIt might be the simplest thing to do would just be to use remotes from\nthe start.  I don't know.  I haven't looked at this section in a\nwhile--I'll try to find time this weekend and see if I can come up with\na better approach.\n\n--b.\n"}]}