link:everyday.html[Everyday Git] for a useful minimum set of commands, and
"man git-commandname" for documentation of each command. CVS users may
also want to read link:cvs-migration.html[CVS migration].
+link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] is still work in
+progress, but when finished hopefully it will guide a new user
+in a coherent way to git enlightenment ;-).
The COMMAND is either a name of a Git command (see below) or an alias
-as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-repo-config[1]).
+as defined in the configuration file (see gitlink:git-config[1]).
+
+ifdef::stalenotes[]
+[NOTE]
+============
+You are reading the documentation for the latest version of git.
+Documentation for older releases are available here:
+
+* link:v1.4.4.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.4.4.4]
+
+* link:v1.3.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.3.3]
+
+* link:v1.2.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.2.6]
+
+* link:v1.0.13/git.html[documentation for release 1.0.13]
+
+============
+
+endif::stalenotes[]
OPTIONS
-------
include::cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt[]
+
+Interacting with Others
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These commands are to interact with foreign SCM and with other
+people via patch over e-mail.
+
+include::cmds-foreignscminterface.txt[]
+
+
Low-level commands (plumbing)
-----------------------------
might start by reading about gitlink:git-update-index[1] and
gitlink:git-read-tree[1].
-We divide the low-level commands into commands that manipulate objects (in
+The interface (input, output, set of options and the semantics)
+to these low-level commands are meant to be a lot more stable
+than Porcelain level commands, because these commands are
+primarily for scripted use. The interface to Porcelain commands
+on the other hand are subject to change in order to improve the
+end user experience.
+
+The following description divides
+the low-level commands into commands that manipulate objects (in
the repository, index, and working tree), commands that interrogate and
compare objects, and commands that move objects and references between
repositories.
+
Manipulation commands
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include::cmds-synchingrepositories.txt[]
+The following are helper programs used by the above; end users
+typically do not use them directly.
+
+include::cmds-synchelpers.txt[]
+
+
+Internal helper commands
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These are internal helper commands used by other commands; end
+users typically do not use them directly.
+
+include::cmds-purehelpers.txt[]
+
Configuration Mechanism
-----------------------