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git docs on kernel.org too new?

From
Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Feb 1, 2007, 17:26 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.62.0702011051300.31498@torch.nrlssc.navy.mil>
The git documentation here:
   http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/

does not seem to describe the current stable release of git: git-1.4.4.4 (there is a release candidate of 1.5.0 on kernel.org)

I just want to let you know that it has been making it difficult to learn how to use git.

I think in some cases the documentation is out of date, but I suspect that in other cases the documentation refers to the future 1.5.0 release?

For example:
-Step one of tutorial.html:
    $ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"
    But git-config does not exist.
-Step two of tutorial "Importing a new project"
    $ git init
    But git-init does not exist.
-git-remote does not exist.
-Later "$ git merge experimental" is suggested, but see below, this
  appears to be the wrong usage.
-The everyday.html and git-merge.html pages describe
   a different usage for git-merge than the git-1.4.4.4 docs and
   executables.
   everyday.html(kernel.org):
     $ git checkout master (9)
     $ git merge alsa-audio (10)
   git-merge(kernel.org):
     git-merge [-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>] -m=<msg> <remote> <remote>
   git-merge(1.4.4.4):
     Usage: git-merge [-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... <merge-message> <head> <remote>+
-brandon
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