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Re: [PATCH] tutorial: clarify "pull" is "fetch + merge"

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 11, 2008, 02:41 UTC
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<20080711024137.GA14967@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 02:01:57PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> This adds a missing demonstration of the longhand form, and a new
> paragraph to explain why some people might want to fetch before pull.
A few English/typo nits below.
> +Alice can peek what Bob did without merging first, using the "fetch"
s/peek/& at/
> +command; this allows Alice to inspect what bob did, using a special
s/bob/\u&/
> -With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using the
> +With this, Alice can perform the first part of "pull" operation alone using the
Should be either 'the "pull" operation' or 'a "pull" operation'.
-Peff
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  1. tutorial: prefix the prompts with names alice or bob, to make it clear who is doing whatIan Katz, Jul 10, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaJul 10, 2008
  3. Ian KatzJul 10, 2008
  4. tutorial: clarify "pull" is "fetch + merge"Junio C Hamano, Jul 10, 2008
  5. Jeff KingJul 11, 2008

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