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author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | |
Fri, 18 May 2007 03:56:08 +0000 (23:56 -0400) | ||
committer | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | |
Sat, 19 May 2007 04:57:19 +0000 (00:57 -0400) |
Mention the user manual, especially as an alternative introduction for
user's mainly interested in read-only operations.
And fix a typo while we're there.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
user's mainly interested in read-only operations.
And fix a typo while we're there.
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
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should be able to find any unknown jargon in the
link:glossary.html[Glossary].
+The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] provides a more
+comprehensive introduction to git.
+
The link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration] document explains how to
import a CVS repository into git, and shows how to use git in a
CVS-like way.
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This tutorial explains how to import a new project into git, make
changes to it, and share changes with other developers.
+If you are instead primarily interested in using git to fetch a project,
+for example, to test the latest version, you may prefer to start with
+the first two chapters of link:user-manual.html[The Git User's Manual].
+
First, note that you can get documentation for a command such as "git
diff" with:
database, the index file, and a few other odds and ends that you'll
need to make the most of git.
-If you don't want to consider with that right away, a few other
+If you don't want to continue with that right away, a few other
digressions that may be interesting at this point are:
* gitlink:git-format-patch[1], gitlink:git-am[1]: These convert