Re: [PATCH] Adapt tutorial to cygwin and add test case

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 12, 2005, 11:04 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0510121302460.30679@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <pan.2005.10.12.01.27.25.688169@smurf.noris.de>

Hi,

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

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> Hi, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > The Kosher way would be
> > 
> >     tree=$(git-write-tree)
> >     commit=$(echo 'Initial commit' | git-commit-tree $tree)
> >     git-update-ref HEAD $(commit)
> > 
> > but looks quite intimidating as a tutorial material.
> 
> ... which is probably why there's a "git commit" command these days.

Concur. The tutorial may contain technical details for the interested (and for those who broke their setup...), so at that stage, I'd prefer to see the convenient version.

Ciao, Dscho