From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:14:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvs-migration document: make the need for "push" more obvious
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612061411380.28348@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <el6d50$p7e$2@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > +  * Since every working tree contains a repository, a commit will not
> > +    publish your changes; it will only create a revision. You have to
> > +    "push" your changes to a public repository to make them visible
> > +    to others.
> > +
> 
> I'm not sure about context of this addition, but it is simply not
> true if you publish your working repository.

Remember, you are talking to CVS users. They are not dumb, but sooo used 
to the CVS ways. So, they do not publish their working directory.

Later, when they became familiar with Git, you can tell them: "BTW you can 
also publish your working directory, but then you have to be extra careful 
with git-commit --amend, and if you allow pushing into your repo you have 
to add hooks to prevent updating your current HEAD, etc."

Give them a chance to get used to the concepts of Git.

Ciao,
Dscho