Re: GIT vs Other: Need argument

From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date: Apr 24, 2007, 14:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20070424142309.GD18538@fieldses.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v1wiabbfr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:15:04PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> If Carl is also happy with the syntax, we can conclude this
> discussion and:
> 
>  (1) have that as an enhancement to git-clone;
> 
>  (2) add a how-to document or a section to the manual to teach
>      people how to track one or more branches, based on the
>      messages already posted on this thread.

Note that we almost have the tutorials for the "two very simple cases" that Linus identifies:

	- case #1, the "anonymous CVS" replacement: chapter 2 of
	  user-manual.txt (the first chapter after the quick start) covers
	  this.  Perhaps in greater generality than necessary, and maybe
	  detached heads and/or --track should be mentioned earlier.

	- tutorial.txt, the "how to start tracking your own project"
	  case, starts with git-init, git-add, etc.

One problem is that it's not immediately obvious which one to look at for each case.

--b.