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To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@...>
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Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 7:05 pm

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:


I agree that if you know Git internals -- and you and me do -- it comes in 
_right_ handy to know the 100+ commands with many options by heart.

However, my point was about telling users, especially new ones.

For example, I would _never_ suggest the following workflow to a n00b 
because it would be confusing:

	$ tar xvf <xyz>
	<try to compile>
	<fix a compile error>
	<fix other things>
	<oh, I could contribute the fixes!>
	$ git init
	$ git remote add -f origin <url>
	$ git read-tree <that-tag>
	$ git status
	$ git add -p
	$ git commit -s
	<repeat until there are no changes left>
	$ git rebase -i origin/master
	$ git format-patch -n origin/master

Even if this is something I did at least a handfull times myself.

Ciao,
Dscho
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Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 1:21 pm)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring [was: Re: Considering teac..., Johannes Schindelin, (Fri Jul 18, 9:19 pm)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Junio C Hamano, (Sun Jul 20, 4:14 am)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Andreas Ericsson, (Mon Jul 21, 2:41 am)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Junio C Hamano, (Mon Jul 21, 12:22 pm)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Johannes Schindelin, (Mon Jul 21, 6:04 am)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Johannes Schindelin, (Sun Jul 20, 7:02 am)
Re: Suggestion: doc restructuring, Junio C Hamano, (Fri Jul 18, 3:50 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Andreas Ericsson, (Fri Jul 18, 4:19 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Jeff King, (Fri Jul 18, 2:26 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, "Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)"..., (Thu Jul 17, 3:30 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Thu Jul 17, 8:55 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Thu Jul 17, 12:38 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Peter Valdemar Mørch, (Thu Jul 17, 9:35 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Thu Jul 17, 10:26 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Dmitry Potapov, (Thu Jul 17, 8:38 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Stephan Beyer, (Wed Jul 16, 6:09 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 7:22 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Stephan Beyer, (Wed Jul 16, 9:01 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Dmitry Potapov, (Wed Jul 16, 5:48 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 7:19 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 4:51 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, J. Bruce Fields, (Thu Jul 17, 11:55 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Thu Jul 17, 2:16 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Thu Jul 17, 2:29 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Thu Jul 17, 2:43 pm)
Re: Addremove equivalent, Junio C Hamano, (Sat Jul 19, 11:27 pm)
[PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Junio C Hamano, (Sat Jul 19, 11:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Tarmigan, (Sun Jul 20, 12:20 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Johannes Schindelin, (Sun Jul 20, 6:56 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Jay Soffian, (Sun Jul 20, 8:45 am)
Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Sverre Rabbelier, (Sun Jul 20, 4:34 pm)
Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-add -a: add all files, Tarmigan, (Sun Jul 20, 12:28 am)
[PATCH 3/2] git-add -a: tests, Junio C Hamano, (Sat Jul 19, 11:32 pm)
Re: Addremove equivalent [was: Re: Considering teaching plum..., Johannes Schindelin, (Fri Jul 18, 7:03 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Thu Jul 17, 3:10 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, J. Bruce Fields, (Fri Jul 18, 10:35 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 7:05 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 7:40 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 8:02 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Thu Jul 17, 2:53 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Jesper Eskilson, (Wed Jul 16, 1:50 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 2:14 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Jesper Eskilson, (Wed Jul 16, 2:19 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 2:27 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Nicolas Pitre, (Wed Jul 16, 4:27 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 1:53 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Stephen R. van den Berg, (Wed Jul 16, 4:23 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 2:18 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 2:51 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Dmitry Potapov, (Wed Jul 16, 5:59 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 3:09 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 3:29 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 6:28 pm)
RE: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Craig L. Ching, (Thu Jul 17, 10:21 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Petr Baudis, (Thu Jul 17, 10:51 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, J. Bruce Fields, (Thu Jul 17, 11:57 am)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Wed Jul 16, 6:49 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 8:25 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Wed Jul 16, 10:47 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Dmitry Potapov, (Wed Jul 16, 6:24 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 3:34 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 3:46 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Junio C Hamano, (Wed Jul 16, 4:12 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Wed Jul 16, 6:32 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Stephen Sinclair, (Wed Jul 16, 11:21 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Nigel Magnay, (Wed Jul 16, 7:17 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Sean Kelley, (Wed Jul 16, 6:53 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Petr Baudis, (Wed Jul 16, 2:59 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 3:22 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Johannes Schindelin, (Wed Jul 16, 2:12 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Avery Pennarun, (Wed Jul 16, 2:35 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Daniel Barkalow, (Wed Jul 16, 5:53 pm)
Re: Considering teaching plumbing to users harmful, Theodore Tso, (Wed Jul 16, 4:13 pm)