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Re: git-scm.com refresh

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
May 7, 2012, 04:18 UTC
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Hi Scott,
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey everyone,
>
> I just shipped a big update to the git-scm.com website, incorporating
> tons of feedback I've gotten on the site, especially from new users,
> over the years.  I think it will help new users to Git find the right
> installer and get up and running easier.  I have other ideas of things
> to add to it in the future, but I think this is much better than the
> site that has served us well for a few years now.
>
> Some other interesting things to note:
>
> * There is now permanent man page hosting here, for example:
> http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck.  You can also reference any older
> version of any command: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-fsck/1.5.5
Great!
> * We designed a new logo[1] - there are multiple variations available
> for download on the site under the most permissive CC license for any
> use.
I prefer the old one.
> * The Pro Git book (and all of it's translations) has been directly
> incorporated into the site and has better permalinks and section
> anchors.  progit.org will soon be redirecting to git-scm.com.

It's good to have it integrated but on the other hand I don't like the boxes on the left side of each page about the book. It just looks to me like an (annoying) ad.

> * Matthew McCullough has started a video series[2] for newbies and
> will continue to do more developer and intermediate type videos as
> well.
Nice.
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> * There are still a few asciidoc parsing issues that we're working on
> - if you find anything that's weird please report it at our issue
> tracker: https://github.com/github/gitscm-next/issues
>
> Let me know if you run into anything or there are any features you
> would like to see.
I would like the page about the git authors to be back.

Thanks, Christian.

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Message 23 of 28 in “git-scm.com refresh”
  1. Scott ChaconMay 4, 2012
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 5, 2012
  3. Scott ChaconMay 5, 2012
  4. Josh JuranMay 5, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 5, 2012
  6. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2012
  7. Scott ChaconMay 5, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2012
  9. Felipe ContrerasMay 6, 2012
  10. Scott ChaconMay 6, 2012
  11. Philip OakleyMay 6, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2012
  14. Andreas SchwabMay 8, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2012
  16. Andrew SayersMay 5, 2012
  17. Felipe ContrerasMay 5, 2012
  18. Philip OakleyMay 5, 2012
  19. Neal KreitzingerMay 6, 2012
  20. Neal KreitzingerMay 6, 2012
  21. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2012
  22. Scott ChaconMay 6, 2012
  23. Christian CouderMay 7, 2012
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 7, 2012
  25. A Large Angry SCMMay 7, 2012
  26. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2012
  27. Heiko VoigtMay 9, 2012
  28. Antonio OspiteMay 8, 2012

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