Re: [FAQ?] Rationale for git's way to manage the index

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 7, 2007, 12:55 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0705071453120.4167@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <8b65902a0705070440t40889af0p1fb8dbf7e2a072e4@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 7 May 2007, Guilhem Bonnefille wrote:

> As a newbie, I'm agree with Matthieu: the Git's index is surprising for 
> people coming from CVS/SVN (mindless?) world. So a good documentation 
> about this, even in tutorials, is really important.

So, you are not only a newbie, but you have to unlearn some CVS braindamage.

I don't know how to make it even more prominent that CVS users should read a special introduction first. AFAICT such a hint is in all the appropriate places. (I mean, you would not expect to be able to fly a plane, just because you have learnt to drive a car, wouldn't you?)

Ciao, Dscho

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