Re: [PATCH 7/7] Documentation: git-init: flesh out example

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 5, 2014, 22:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqegwuoa7b.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1407002817-29221-8-git-send-email-linusarver@gmail.com>

Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com> writes:

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> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <linusarver@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-init.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
> index b94d165..16e9f9c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
> @@ -138,10 +138,12 @@ Start a new Git repository for an existing code base::
>  $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
>  $ git init      <1>
>  $ git add .     <2>
> +$ git commit    <3>

I agree it is a good discipline to make the initial "pristine" import immediately after "git add ." without doing anything else. Perhaps the description below wants to make it more explicit?

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>  ----------------
>  +
> -<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
> -<2> add all existing file to the index
> +<1> Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
> +<2> Add all existing files to the index.
> +<3> Create the first root-commit.
>  
>  GIT
>  ---