DESCRIPTION
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-You should work through linkgit:gittutorial[7][A tutorial introduction to
-git] before reading this tutorial.
+You should work through linkgit:gittutorial[7] before reading this tutorial.
The goal of this tutorial is to introduce two fundamental pieces of
git's architecture--the object database and the index file--and to
In addition to being the staging area for new commits, the index file
is also populated from the object database when checking out a
branch, and is used to hold the trees involved in a merge operation.
-See the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][core tutorial] and the relevant man
+See linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] and the relevant man
pages for details.
What next?
At this point you should know everything necessary to read the man
pages for any of the git commands; one good place to start would be
with the commands mentioned in link:everyday.html[Everyday git]. You
-should be able to find any unknown jargon in the
-linkgit:gitglossary[7][Glossary].
+should be able to find any unknown jargon in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] provides a more
comprehensive introduction to git.
-The linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][CVS migration] document explains how to
+linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7] explains how to
import a CVS repository into git, and shows how to use git in a
CVS-like way.
For some interesting examples of git use, see the
link:howto-index.html[howtos].
-For git developers, the linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7][Core tutorial] goes
+For git developers, linkgit:gitcore-tutorial[7] goes
into detail on the lower-level git mechanisms involved in, for
example, creating a new commit.