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Minor documentation problems

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Nov 2, 2006, 10:40 UTC
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<vpqmz7a1694.fsf@ecrins.imag.fr>
Hi,

I'm giving a try to git/cogito after using other systems (particularly GNU Arch and Bazaar).

I'm looking for a VCS which can suite me (willing to spend some time learning it) and some collegues (NOT willing to spend more than a few minutes learning a new tool. "patch" was already too complex, and someone already requested me to send a full version instead of this "weird thing that I don't have time to learn"). I'm also looking for a system for my students, ranging from the somewhat experienced hacker to the mathematician not caring about computers at all.

The git/cogito duo might do it, let's see.
I found minor problems with the doc, which deserve to be fixed:
* http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/cogito/docs/cg-commit.1.html
  Mentions .git/config, but not ~/.gitconfig (which is indeed _the_
  place where I think most people want to set their name and email).
  Side note: it can be interesting to have a command to do this.
  For example, bzr has "bzr whoami 'me <myself@myisp.com>'", which
  avoids having to learn the config file syntax.
* RSS link on the wiki:
  The URL
  http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/RecentChanges?action=rss_rc&ddiffs=1&unique=1
  seems to be working as an RSS feed for changes, but it's not linked
  to by http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/RecentChanges. Usually, there's an
  RSS icon, and an HTML <link rel="alternate" ...> to help finding it.
Thanks,
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  1. Matthieu MoyNov 2, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisNov 2, 2006
  3. Matthieu MoyNov 2, 2006
  4. SeanNov 2, 2006
  5. Matthieu MoyNov 2, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 2, 2006
  7. SeanNov 2, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinNov 2, 2006
  9. Add --global option to git-repo-config.Sean, Nov 2, 2006

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