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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git wiki

From
Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date
May 3, 2006, 18:04 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605031355250.6713@iabervon.org>
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On Wed, 3 May 2006, Theodore Tso wrote:
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> Mercurial also has an easier learning curve; and while the "Everyday
> Git with 20 commands or so" is a very good document, and I've found it
> invaluable for getting started, if you compare it to the "Quick Start
> for the Impatient" page on the front page of the Mercurial Wiki, for
> many people Mercurial will *appear* to be an order of magitude simpler
> and is yet powerful enough for their project.

Actually, we could almost steal their QuickStart, replace "hg" with "git", and have it actually be correct.

Setting up public access follows a slightly different pattern, but otherwise, all of the operations on that page are identical or simpler in git than as given in that document, AFAICT.

	-Daniel
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Message 30 of 37 in “[ANNOUNCE] Git wiki”
  1. Petr BaudisMay 2, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2006
  3. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  5. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  6. Nicolas PitreMay 3, 2006
  7. Shawn PearceMay 3, 2006
  8. Andreas EricssonMay 3, 2006
  9. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  10. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  12. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  13. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  14. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  15. Paolo CiarrocchiMay 3, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiMay 3, 2006
  17. David LangMay 3, 2006
  18. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  19. David LangMay 3, 2006
  20. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  21. Daniel BarkalowMay 4, 2006
  22. Theodore TsoMay 3, 2006
  23. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  24. Theodore TsoMay 3, 2006
  25. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  26. Sam RavnborgMay 3, 2006
  27. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  28. Joel BeckerMay 3, 2006
  29. Petr BaudisMay 3, 2006
  30. Daniel BarkalowMay 3, 2006
  31. seanMay 3, 2006
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2006
  34. Linus TorvaldsMay 3, 2006
  35. [ANNOUNCE] Revamped Git homepagePetr Baudis, May 4, 2006
  36. Jakub NarebskiMay 4, 2006
  37. Petr BaudisMay 4, 2006

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