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Re: Missing features in git

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2006, 07:35 UTC
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<20061115073546.GD5453@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
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<20061114213800.28716.qmail@science.horizon.com>
On 2006-11-14 16:38:00 -0500, linux@horizon.com wrote:
> It also removes a paragraph of excuses from some "using git" docs
> I'm writing. It's a lot easier to explain why you can't commit if
> you're not on a branch than to explain why you can't not be on a
> branch.

This is precisely why writing documentation is such a good idea: It is in many cases easier to fix the warts than finding a pedagogical way to explain them. :-)

(Well, then there's the secondary benefit that users can learn from the docs ...)

-- 
Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
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