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@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ important than any other.  However, you can emulate the CVS model by
 designating a single shared repository which people can synchronize with;
 this document explains how to do that.
 
-Some basic familiarity with git is required.  This
-linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial introduction to git] and the
-linkgit:gitglossary[7][git glossary] should be sufficient.
+Some basic familiarity with git is required. Having gone through
+linkgit:gittutorial[7] and
+linkgit:gitglossary[7] should be sufficient.
 
 Developing against a shared repository
 --------------------------------------
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ $ git clone foo.com:/pub/repo.git/ my-project
 $ cd my-project
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-and hack away.  The equivalent of `cvs update` is
+and hack away.  The equivalent of 'cvs update' is
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git pull origin
@@ -46,28 +46,28 @@ them first before running git pull.
 
 [NOTE]
 ================================
-The `pull` command knows where to get updates from because of certain
-configuration variables that were set by the first `git clone`
+The 'pull' command knows where to get updates from because of certain
+configuration variables that were set by the first 'git-clone'
 command; see `git config -l` and the linkgit:git-config[1] man
 page for details.
 ================================
 
 You can update the shared repository with your changes by first committing
-your changes, and then using the linkgit:git-push[1] command:
+your changes, and then using the 'git-push' command:
 
 ------------------------------------------------
 $ git push origin master
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 to "push" those commits to the shared repository.  If someone else has
-updated the repository more recently, `git push`, like `cvs commit`, will
+updated the repository more recently, 'git-push', like 'cvs commit', will
 complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the
 push again.
 
-In the `git push` command above we specify the name of the remote branch
-to update (`master`).  If we leave that out, `git push` tries to update
+In the 'git-push' command above we specify the name of the remote branch
+to update (`master`).  If we leave that out, 'git-push' tries to update
 any branches in the remote repository that have the same name as a branch
-in the local repository.  So the last `push` can be done with either of:
+in the local repository.  So the last 'push' can be done with either of:
 
 ------------
 $ git push origin
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ Setting Up a Shared Repository
 ------------------------------
 
 We assume you have already created a git repository for your project,
-possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see the
-linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial]), or imported from an already existing CVS
+possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see
+linkgit:gittutorial[7]), or imported from an already existing CVS
 repository (see the next section).
 
 Assume your existing repo is at /home/alice/myproject.  Create a new "bare"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Importing a CVS archive
 First, install version 2.1 or higher of cvsps from
 link:http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/[http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/] and make
 sure it is in your path.  Then cd to a checked out CVS working directory
-of the project you are interested in and run linkgit:git-cvsimport[1]:
+of the project you are interested in and run 'git-cvsimport':
 
 -------------------------------------------
 $ git cvsimport -C <destination> <module>
@@ -143,12 +143,17 @@ work, you must not modify the imported branches; instead, create new
 branches for your own changes, and merge in the imported branches as
 necessary.
 
+If you want a shared repository, you will need to make a bare clone
+of the imported directory, as described above. Then treat the imported
+directory as another development clone for purposes of merging
+incremental imports.
+
 Advanced Shared Repository Management
 -------------------------------------
 
 Git allows you to specify scripts called "hooks" to be run at certain
 points.  You can use these, for example, to send all commits to the shared
-repository to a mailing list.  See linkgit:githooks[5][Hooks used by git].
+repository to a mailing list.  See linkgit:githooks[5].
 
 You can enforce finer grained permissions using update hooks.  See
 link:howto/update-hook-example.txt[Controlling access to branches using