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Re: Commands Mismatch in tutorial and the actual binaries.

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 29, 2006, 06:07 UTC
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kandagatla.Srinivas wrote:
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> Hi All 
> Im very new to GIT Stuff. But by installing the latest version (git-1.3.3)
> of GIT and going thru the tutorial, I am unable to understand why
> there is a mismatch in the commmands.
> Tutorial says use commands like git init-db but actually these are
> installed as git-init-db. Is this OK.. or NOT.
> 
> One more doubt is .. I was unable to locate a command like git-add ..
> 
> Can some one help me.

Actually, in properly installed git both versions should work, and 'git command' is preferred version, at least for the ordinary user level commands; "plumbing" commands are usually spelled 'git-command'. Usually 'git command' is just a wrapper calling git-command.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. kandagatla.SrinivasMay 29, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 29, 2006

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