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Re: [PATCH] Docs update

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
Apr 21, 2005, 20:43 UTC
Message-ID
<20050421204348.GJ7443@pasky.ji.cz>
In-Reply-To
<42680FCC.6030901@dgreaves.com>

Dear diary, on Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 10:40:44PM CEST, I got a letter where David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com> told me that...

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>  unpack-file
>  	unpack-file.c <sha1>
>  
> +
> +
> +git Environment Variables
> +GIT_CACHE_DIRECTORY
> +AUTHOR_NAME
> +AUTHOR_EMAIL
> +AUTHOR_DATE
> +RSYNC_FLAGS
> +GIT_INDEX_FILE
> +
> +
> +.git Repository Files
> +
> +.git/HEAD
> +This file always contains the last (head) commit object created for this branch of the repository.
> +(Usually symlinked to a file in .git/heads/)
> +
> +.git/heads/
> +This directory contains a file for each branch of the .git repository.
> +The name of the file is the friendly name of the branch (eg pasky)

Make a choice - either you are describing git or Cogito. The frmer has no RSYNC_FLAGS and does not care about any heads or anything at all (you might mention it as a recommended convention, though).

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. -- Steve Taylor
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  1. Docs updateDavid Greaves, Apr 21, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisApr 21, 2005
  3. David GreavesApr 21, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisApr 21, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2005
  6. David GreavesApr 21, 2005

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