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Re: Difficulties in advertising a new branch to git newbies

From
Guilhem Bonnefille <guilhem.bonnefille@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2007, 13:13 UTC
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On 1/30/07, Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> wrote:
> Also, these users are glad to follow instructions, but they're really
> interested in just testing the fix I'm offering, and not interested in
> getting involved in a git tutorial just yet. (Though, I'd be quite
> happy if they found this a gentle and enjoyable introduction to git).

If the user is not a developer and only interested in testing, what about a simple snapshot tarball? So, you prepare the fix and then you pack everything in a myapp-timestamp.tar.gz and send this tarball to the user.

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Message 31 of 50 in “Difficulties in advertising a new branch to git newbies”
  1. Carl WorthJan 30, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2007
  3. Yann DirsonJan 30, 2007
  4. Jakub NarebskiJan 30, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2007
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  7. Matthias LederhoferJan 30, 2007
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  9. Jeff KingJan 30, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  11. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  12. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
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  15. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  16. Jeff KingJan 31, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  18. Theodore TsoJan 31, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2007
  20. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  21. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  22. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2007
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  26. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2007
  27. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2007
  28. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  29. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2007
  30. Nicolas PitreJan 31, 2007
  31. Guilhem BonnefilleJan 31, 2007
  32. Carl WorthJan 31, 2007
  33. Johannes SchindelinJan 31, 2007
  34. Santi BéjarJan 31, 2007
  35. Carl WorthJan 31, 2007
  36. Josef WeidendorferFeb 1, 2007
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  38. Jakub NarebskiFeb 1, 2007
  39. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
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  42. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  43. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  44. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  45. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2007
  46. Jakub NarebskiFeb 6, 2007
  47. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2007
  49. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2007
  50. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2007

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