Archaeology [Was: Re: GIT 0.99.9]

From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Oct 31, 2005, 21:40 UTC
Message-ID: <200510312141.j9VLemi9003820@inti.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <junkio@cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

[...]

> One good thing to have would be to add a section to Tutorial.
> Currently we cover building a small project from scratch and
> have the readers graduate when they learn basic commit swapping,
> but we do not talk much about archaeology tools.

One of the problems with that is to have a sufficiently rich repository at hand. People who futz around with git could be directed to get the latest git from git for a guided tour.

Or create a script like the one in the cogito tutorial to build up someting interesting and then direct people to look it over.

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