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Re: [DRAFT] Branching and merging with git

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Nov 17, 2006, 22:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20061117225037.GI7201@pasky.or.cz>
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<6efbd9b70611171436t1e0cadf2j7e9387ca77f85538@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 11:36:25PM CET, Chris Riddoch wrote:
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> On 11/17/06, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
> >If someone writes a crash course in pure Git covering the same grounds
> >as the current ones (possibly by just extending/retouching the tutorial)
> >(it does not necessarily need to be a "refugee" crash course, it can
> >build up from scratch), I can add it on the web. If it becomes as easy
> >to use and with as mild learning curve as Cogito, it means Cogito got
> >mostly obsolete and I'll happily remove the Cogito crash courses from
> >the web.
> 
> As a relatively new user myself, I ran into the same confusion when I
> came to the website for the first time.  One of the most prominent
> things on the front page is the "Git Crash Courses."  Clicking on that
> gives me the crash courses, all of which are about Cogito, not for
> Git.  So why doesn't the front page say "Cogito Crash Courses"
> instead?
> 
> And I don't think it matters much whether Cogito makes things easier
> or not -- the Git website really should make Git's documentation more
> prominent than Cogito's.  I'd expect the opposite of Cogito's website.

I think the difference here is the Git _tool_ vs. the Git version control system. Cogito is an element of the second: To use Git, you can either use the Git tool or the Cogito tool or the StGIT tool or even just the qgit tool (which also lets you inspect the working copy and commit). I believe the tool best suited for general usage by newbies _at this point_ is Cogito, so that's what I use for introduction to Git. I'm not saying this is ideal situation and I and others are/will be working to fix it.

I'm all for making it more obvious what's going on at the website, I think the current wording is better. Also, if people believe that a crash course for core Git would help things, I'm all for it as well.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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