Any git users here - need beginner help
I want to use git to download a development version of some software. I have downloaded and installed git onto my system, so far so good! :-) However all the man pages tell me that I should read the "Git User's Manual" to see how to download something. However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please. -- Chris Green
On 20 Aug 2010, at 14:31, Chris G wrote:
I want to use git to download a development version of some software.
I have downloaded and installed git onto my system, so far so good! :-)
However all the man pages tell me that I should read the "Git User's Manual" to see how to download something. However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
May I suggest: http://gitref.org/ Not exactly what you were after, but a good starting point I believe. -- David Reynolds david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 02:51:37PM +0100, David Reynolds wrote:
On 20 Aug 2010, at 14:31, Chris G wrote:
I want to use git to download a development version of some software.
I have downloaded and installed git onto my system, so far so good! :-)
However all the man pages tell me that I should read the "Git User's Manual" to see how to download something. However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
May I suggest: http://gitref.org/
Not exactly what you were after, but a good starting point I believe.
Yes, thanks, that told me enought to get me going. :-) -- Chris Green
On 20 August 2010 14:31, Chris G <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
http://book.git-scm.com/ Srdjan
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 07:16:24PM +0100, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
On 20 August 2010 14:31, Chris G <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
Is this the actual "Git User's Manual" or another possibility? Whatever it is, thank you! -- Chris Green
On 20 August 2010 22:42, Chris G <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 07:16:24PM +0100, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
On 20 August 2010 14:31, Chris G <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
Is this the actual "Git User's Manual" or another possibility?
Whatever it is, thank you!
Not sure if that's the manual you were talking about, but that website has the text at the bottom: "This book is maintained by Scott Chacon,..." and if you search for his name on Amazon, you find _Pro Git_ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Experts-Voice-Software-Development/dp/1430218339...) So, that might well be the book you were searching for. Either way, it really is a nice resource, and it's good you find it useful :) Srdjan
On 20 Aug 14:31, Chris G wrote:
I want to use git to download a development version of some software.
I have downloaded and installed git onto my system, so far so good! :-)
However all the man pages tell me that I should read the "Git User's Manual" to see how to download something. However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
OK - see, now, this is what I will again label as "inability to use an internet search engine"... Googling for that exact phrase gives you the user manual. The official one. It's where you'd expect, too... git having its origins in maintaining the linux kernel, it's a kernel.org project: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html I will say, though, that the alternatives you've been presented with are easier reading, the official manual is not bad, but isn't the easiest of docs to read (though, it's where I generally turn to). Cheers, -- Brett Parker
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 05:57:30PM +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
On 20 Aug 14:31, Chris G wrote:
I want to use git to download a development version of some software.
I have downloaded and installed git onto my system, so far so good! :-)
However all the man pages tell me that I should read the "Git User's Manual" to see how to download something. However nowhere is there a clue as to what/where the "Git User's Manual" is. Can someone point me in the right direction please.
OK - see, now, this is what I will again label as "inability to use an internet search engine"... Googling for that exact phrase gives you the user manual. The official one. It's where you'd expect, too... git having its origins in maintaining the linux kernel, it's a kernel.org project:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html
I have to say you're absolutely right, I think my only excuse really is that I was stuck in "command line/man pages" mode and didn't try the obvious (though the man page could have given a URL, most do).
I will say, though, that the alternatives you've been presented with are easier reading, the official manual is not bad, but isn't the easiest of docs to read (though, it's where I generally turn to).
Yes, one of them quickly told me the basics I needed to get what I wanted. -- Chris Green
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