# error in tuto2?

2 messages from 2007-01-22 to 2007-01-22. Participants: calmar, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/6466

## calmar, 2007-01-22 02:04

Subject: error in tuto2?
Message-ID: <20070122020414.GA2399@localhost>
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hi,

hi, isn't there a little error:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/tutorial-2.html

close at the end: git cat-file blob a6b11f7a

shouldn't that be: git cat-file blob 8b9743b  ?

anyway,
cheers
marco candrian



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## Junio C Hamano, 2007-01-22 05:21

Subject: Re: error in tuto2?
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calmar <mac@calmar.ws> writes:

> close at the end: git cat-file blob a6b11f7a
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> shouldn't that be: git cat-file blob 8b9743b  ?

Interesting.  Indeed 'a6b11f7a' spells "goodbye, word" so the
example is at least internally consistent but still is wrong.

Thanks for catching.

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diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt
index f48894c..f363d17 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ And, as you can see with cat-file, this new entry refers to the
 current contents of the file:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
-$ git cat-file blob a6b11f7a
-goodbye, word
+$ git cat-file blob 8b9743b2
+goodbye, world
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 The "status" command is a useful way to get a quick summary of the

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