From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:35:14 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: use `man git` to teach users how to navigate the docs Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <2ef42736-8879-4399-bbe9-3ba09522373d@app.fastmail.com> "Julia Evans" writes: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2026, at 9:47 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> "Julia Evans" writes: >> >>>> Nitpick: Okay, but with the current commit message I don’t really >>>> understand why the git.github.io link is gone. I have to guess that it >>>> is an effective duplicate of git-scm or something since git-scm does >>>> remain after this change. >>> >>> Yep! It has the same content as https://git-scm.com as far as I know, >> >> Correct. That is direct rendition of what we ship. git-scm.com has >> some fruff around it (grouping and other meaningful usability >> improvements besides coloring and fonts), but I do not know how >> up-to-date the contents or the grouping is and how they are kept >> synchronized to the originals at git.github.io/htmldocs/git.html. > > Yeah, the grouping at https://git-scm.com/docs is a bit out of date. > I'm not sure how to fix it in a satisfactory way. Another thing is I do not know how fresh the contents are. I know the one you are removing the reference to keeps up with the tip of 'main/master' so it may describe yet-to-be-released new features and behaviours. I am assuming that the one at git-scm.com is updated to the latest released version, which may be more useful for general audience.