From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 12:55:13 GMT Subject: Re: [FAQ?] Rationale for git's way to manage the index Message-ID: 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