work with a git repository.
If you just need to use git as a revision control system you may prefer
-to start with link:tutorial.html[a tutorial introduction to git] or
+to start with linkgit:gittutorial[7][a tutorial introduction to git] or
link:user-manual.html[the git user manual].
However, an understanding of these low-level tools can be helpful if
powerful)
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-$ git-whatchanged -p --root
+$ git-whatchanged -p
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and you will see exactly what has changed in the repository over its
short history.
[NOTE]
-The `\--root` flag is a flag to `git-diff-tree` to tell it to
-show the initial aka 'root' commit too. Normally you'd probably not
-want to see the initial import diff, but since the tutorial project
-was started from scratch and is so small, we use it to make the result
-a bit more interesting.
+When using the above two commands, the initial commit will be shown.
+If this is a problem because it is huge, you can hide it by setting
+the log.showroot configuration variable to false. Having this, you
+can still show it for each command just adding the `\--root` option,
+which is a flag for `git-diff-tree` accepted by both commands.
With that, you should now be having some inkling of what git does, and
can explore on your own.
have to worry. git supports "shared public repository" style of
cooperation you are probably more familiar with as well.
-See link:cvs-migration.html[git for CVS users] for the details.
+See linkgit:gitcvs-migration[7][git for CVS users] for the details.
Bundling your work together
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