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Re: [PATCH] Remove 'submodules' from the TODO section of the User Manual.

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JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Sep 25, 2007, 20:16 UTC
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 04:13:06PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 04:02:52PM -0400, bfields wrote:
> > I think we should try to keep the git documentation mostly confined to
> > tools that are distributed with git itself.  So it might be worth a few
> > words just to mention the existance of tailor and how it compares to
> > other tools, but I'd leave it at that.
> 
> So in fact it might be that what's needed isn't any new documentation on
> the available tools with their features and limitations.

(Uh, I meant to say: "isn't any new documentation on individual tools, but rather a list of the available tools with their features and limitations.")

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> 
> I know that when I recently had to deal with a svn tree the hardest part
> was figuring out where to start (git-svn?  git-svnimport?).  I seem to
> recall threads here suggesting this is a general problem.
> 
> One exception--the "series of tarballs" thing--I think it's cool that
> you can just unpack a bunch of tarballs and string them together into a
> git history.  It gives a good sense of how git works, and I don't think
> it's documented explicitly anywhere.  I think that might be kinda fun to
> write up.  But I haven't tried.
> 
> --b.
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Message 8 of 13 in “Remove 'submodules' from the TODO section of the User Manual.”
  1. Remove 'submodules' from the TODO section of the User Manual.Miklos Vajna, Sep 25, 2007
  2. J. Bruce FieldsSep 25, 2007
  3. Miklos VajnaSep 25, 2007
  4. J. Bruce FieldsSep 25, 2007
  5. Miklos VajnaSep 25, 2007
  6. J. Bruce FieldsSep 25, 2007
  7. J. Bruce FieldsSep 25, 2007
  8. J. Bruce FieldsSep 25, 2007
  9. User Manual: document import-tars.perlMiklos Vajna, Sep 25, 2007
  10. J. Bruce FieldsSep 26, 2007
  11. Miklos VajnaSep 26, 2007
  12. J. Bruce FieldsSep 26, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinSep 26, 2007

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