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Where should I post questions on GIT usage ?

Subject: Where should I post questions on GIT usage ?

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4 messages between Nov 10, 2005 and Nov 10, 2005.

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Franck· Nov 10, 2005, 08:17 UTC · lore

Hi,

I'm starting using GIT, and I'm having a couple of basic questions to ask. Is it the correct place to post them or is there any other mailing list related to GIT usage ?

Thanks
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               Franck

Martin Langhoff· Nov 10, 2005, 10:06 UTC · re: Franck · lore

Re: Where should I post questions on GIT usage ?

On 11/10/05, Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm starting using GIT, and I'm having a couple of basic questions to
> ask. Is it the correct place to post them or is there any other
> mailing list related to GIT usage ?

Hi Franck,

I think you'll be fine posting here ;-) Everyone's been patient with me so far. OTOH, the list has a good search facility at marc.theaimsgroup.com , and GIT already has reasonable documentation, including a tutorial and a few howtos, reachable at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/

regards,

martin

Franck· Nov 10, 2005, 15:39 UTC · re: Martin Langhoff · lore

Re: Where should I post questions on GIT usage ?

2005/11/10, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>:

> I think you'll be fine posting here ;-) Everyone's been patient with
> me so far.

I think so. It's just that I took a look and noticed that most of questions a related to GIT developpement. So I just want to be sure before posting any silly questions :)

> marc.theaimsgroup.com , and GIT already has reasonable documentation,
> including a tutorial and a few howtos, reachable at
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/

I did read that but unfortunately I'm still a rookie user...

thanks
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               Franck

Tony Luck· Nov 10, 2005, 18:27 UTC · re: Franck · lore

Re: Where should I post questions on GIT usage ?

> I'm starting using GIT, and I'm having a couple of basic questions to
> ask. Is it the correct place to post them or is there any other
> mailing list related to GIT usage ?

Read Documentattion/tutorial.txt (and any relevent Documentation/howto/* files).

Search the archives.

If you still have problems, then the best format for questions here seems to be:

1) I was trying to do ... insert high level description here.

2) So I executed these git commands ...

3) And what happened was ...

Skipping step 1 can cause delays while people answer questions about the specific micro-problems you had with the commands in step 2, when the real answer is to use some totally different command.

-Tony (far more frequently an asker-of-questions than an answerer)