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Re: VCS comparison table

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 28, 2006, 22:46 UTC
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<200610290046.23514.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<200610290018.05884.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Dnia niedziela 29. października 2006 00:18, Robin Rosenberg napisał:
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> lördag 28 oktober 2006 15:53 skrev Jakub Narebski:
>>
>> But for example git(7) man page lists git commands clearly divided between
>> low-level commands (plumbing): manipulation commands, interrogation
>> commands, synching commands and high level commands (porcelain): main
>> commands, ancillary commands. The "git help" and "git --help" shows the
>> most commonly used git commands with short description of each command
>> ("git help -a" show all commands).
> 
> I believe people tend to skim through documentation looking for pieces of 
> information rather than read it from start to end. So they find themselves 
> reading the plumbing documentation first. Simply reordering documentation to 
> list the porcelain commands before the plumbing would make the git man page 
> less scary to newcomers.
Good idea. Thanks.

Current ordering in git(7) man page is probably the result of bottom-up git development. First there were plumbing commands (well, first was repository format AFAICT, but I digress...).

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Jakub Narebski
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Message 11 of 18 in “Re: VCS comparison table”
  1. Horst H. von BrandOct 27, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisOct 27, 2006
  3. Andreas EricssonOct 27, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 27, 2006
  5. Andreas EricssonOct 27, 2006
  6. J. Bruce FieldsOct 27, 2006
  7. Ilpo NyyssönenOct 28, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiOct 28, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiOct 28, 2006
  10. Robin RosenbergOct 28, 2006
  11. Jakub NarebskiOct 28, 2006
  12. Ilpo NyyssönenOct 29, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiOct 29, 2006
  14. Matthew D. FullerOct 29, 2006
  15. Jakub NarebskiOct 29, 2006
  16. Theodore TsoOct 30, 2006
  17. Progress reporting (was: VCS comparison table)Jakub Narebski, Oct 30, 2006
  18. Nicolas PitreOct 30, 2006

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