From: Felipe Contreras Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:22:56 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 8/8] user-manual: simplify the user configuration Message-ID: <94a0d4530903231722t73fc85dq9cafb8a97cc2b674@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52360AC9-EAE8-4DC3-9368-7220A034E0B5@wincent.com> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Wincent Colaiuta wrote: > El 23/3/2009, a las 12:07, Felipe Contreras escribió: > >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Wincent Colaiuta wrote: >>> >>> El 23/3/2009, a las 0:01, Felipe Contreras escribió: >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Wincent Colaiuta >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> El 22/3/2009, a las 19:05, Felipe Contreras escribió: >>>>> >>>>>> This is shorter, avoids the burder to think about the format of the >>>>>> configuration file, and git config is already used in other places in >>>>>> the manual. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Documentation/user-manual.txt |    8 +++----- >>>>>> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) >>>>>> >>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> b/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> index b7678aa..c6ed940 100644 >>>>>> --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt >>>>>> @@ -1015,13 +1015,11 @@ Telling git your name >>>>>> --------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to git. >>>>>>  The >>>>>> -easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a >>>>>> -file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: >>>>>> +easiest way is to use the linkgit:git-config[1] command: >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> -[user] >>>>>> -       name = Your Name Comes Here >>>>>> -       email = you@yourdomain.example.com >>>>>> +$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here" >>>>>> +$ git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> >>>>>> (See the '"CONFIGURATION FILE"' section of linkgit:git-config[1] for >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 1.6.2.1.352.gae594 >>>>> >>>>> See this lengthy thread: >>>>> >>>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/106634 >>>> >>>> I've obviously seen that thread because I started it. >>> >>> Yeah, I noticed that only after sending my message. I hadn't realised at >>> first because the patch really looked like it was written by someone who >>> hadn't ever seen the thread, as it doesn't address the points raised in >>> the >>> thread at all. >> >> I am addressing the points. > > Sorry for not noticing the other patch in the series. I fired off the email > because when I read 8/8 I thought, "This looks almost exactly like a patch > that was previously rejected". It's ok, thanks for the comment, I'll keep that in mind for the patch series. -- Felipe Contreras