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Re: Document clone of clone loosing branches?

From
VHVaclav Hanzl <hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>
Date
Jun 15, 2008, 07:18 UTC
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<20080615.091827.74736349.hanzl@noel.feld.cvut.cz>
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> These fall into "quibbling" category, but that judgement can only be made
> by people who know the history.

I allowed myself to quibble much more than usually as I think it serves a good technical purpose. I am a new git user but quite pervasive in getting all the info I can (I have bound copy of all git man pages and about ten tutorials, diligently devoting much of my time last month to reading it all; generally I am not scared by strange things like plain Tex, FORTH, Prolog etc.) so I might serve as a good example of user who tried hard and still did not get it with current docs.

But it is a thin border, so please do not hesitate to shut me up if my judgement of technical merit is wrong.

> Updates to glossary and other introductory documents might be necessary.
> For example, the entry about "tracking branch" in the glossary still talks
> about the ancient convention of copying 'master' to 'origin' as a regular
> branch:
I would appreciate this update ;-)
Regards (and big thanks for git!),
Vaclav
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Message 10 of 20 in “Document clone of clone loosing branches?”
  1. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJun 14, 2008
  3. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  4. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  5. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  7. Lea WiemannJun 14, 2008
  8. Vaclav HanzlJun 14, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2008
  10. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 14, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  13. Documentation: Note about the meaning of "clone"Robin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  15. Wincent ColaiutaJun 15, 2008
  16. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  17. Vaclav HanzlJun 15, 2008
  18. Miklos VajnaJun 15, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2008
  20. PATCH] cvsimport: Clarification on the use of -rRobin Rosenberg, Jun 15, 2008

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