From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:40:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Newbie falls at first hurdle
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509181033520.26803@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vek7m5m0z.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> An example to pick a couple of commits from one branch to another.

Your examples scare even me.

How about you add this to the tutorial as an "advanced usage" example, and 
explain everything that was done in terms of what the "stupid usage" 
examples earlier in the tutorial did.

In other words, you'd have to explain what "pu^2~3" means.

And octopus merges, for that matter. I don't think the tutorial ever 
explains those.

		Linus