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Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/2] Make the list of common commands more exclusive

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Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@develooper.com>
Date
Nov 12, 2007, 07:57 UTC
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On Nov 11, 2007, at 10:22 PM, Theodore Tso wrote:
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> They probably would be submitting changes back upstream using e-mail
> before they learn how to publish their own repository, so commands I'd
> be tempted to add would include git-format-patch, git-send-email, and
> git-cherry.  But these commands are pretty complicated for  
> beginners....

Maybe split it into sections? I'm all for making it appear simpler, but not for hiding the power features of git too much. :-)

"These are basic local commands"
"This is what you need to interact with a remote repository"
"This is what you need for branching and merging"
"This is what you need to make, manage and apply patches"
  - ask
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Message 24 of 29 in “Deprecate git-fetch-pack?”
  1. Daniel BarkalowNov 10, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  3. Ask Bjørn HansenNov 11, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  6. Theodore TsoNov 11, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2007
  9. Theodore TsoNov 11, 2007
  10. Jakub NarebskiNov 12, 2007
  11. Jon LoeligerNov 12, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 12, 2007
  13. Jon LoeligerNov 12, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinNov 12, 2007
  15. Jon LoeligerNov 12, 2007
  16. 1/2 Make the list of common commands more exclusiveTheodore Ts'o, Nov 12, 2007
  17. 2/2 Remove hint to use "git help -a"Theodore Ts'o, Nov 12, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2007
  19. Ping YinNov 12, 2007
  20. Theodore TsoNov 12, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2007
  22. Mike HommeyNov 12, 2007
  23. Johannes SchindelinNov 12, 2007
  24. Ask Bjørn HansenNov 12, 2007
  25. Andreas EricssonNov 12, 2007
  26. Theodore TsoNov 12, 2007
  27. Andreas EricssonNov 12, 2007
  28. Ask Bjørn HansenNov 12, 2007
  29. Mike HommeyNov 11, 2007

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