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git-core vs git package on ubuntu

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MKMario Michael Krell <supermariton@googlemail.com>
Date
Jan 25, 2013, 13:50 UTC
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<4A4C2896-042A-4BE3-9E74-012D881D5776@googlemail.com>
Dear git developers,
In your documentation you say, that git should be installed on Unix using
apt-get install git-core
Unfortunately it tells the user, that this package is obsolete and "git" should be used instead. Is this an error in the package manager or in the website documentation?
Greets
Mario
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