[PATCH] Documentation/tutorial: misc updates
Three changes:
1) Teach how to delete a branch with "git branch -d name".
2) The first commit does not have a parent.
3) Teach "git show" instead of "git cat-file -p".
---
Documentation/tutorial.txt | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index d043e84..f0a5526 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ $ gitk
will show a nice graphical representation of the resulting history.
+At this point you could delete the experimental branch with
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git branch -d experimental
+------------------------------------------------
+
+This command ensures that the changes in the experimental branch are
+already in the current branch.
+
If you develop on a branch crazy-idea, then regret it, you can always
delete the branch with
@@ -391,8 +400,8 @@ $ git show HEAD # the tip of the current branch
$ git show experimental # the tip of the "experimental" branch
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-Every commit has at least one "parent" commit, which points to the
-previous state of the project:
+Every commit has at least one "parent" commit (except the first),
+which points to the previous state of the project:
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$ git show HEAD^ # to see the parent of HEAD
@@ -510,10 +519,10 @@ of the file:
$ git diff v2.5:Makefile HEAD:Makefile.in
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-You can also use "git cat-file -p" to see any such file:
+You can also use "git show" to see any such file:
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-$ git cat-file -p v2.5:Makefile
+$ git show v2.5:Makefile
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Next Steps
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1.5.0.rc0.g91ea