From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 03:56:08 +0000 (-0400) Subject: tutorials: add user-manual links X-Git-Tag: v1.5.1.6~1^2~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.lorimer.id.au/gitweb.git/diff_plain/cd50aba918c2d801602278db7b461a92a811b430 tutorials: add user-manual links 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" --- diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt b/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt index af8d43bd12..5c39a165f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial-2.txt @@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ with the commands mentioned in link:everyday.html[Everyday git]. You 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. diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index 99efce4576..8094172316 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ A tutorial introduction to git (for version 1.5.1 or newer) 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: @@ -564,7 +568,7 @@ link:tutorial-2.html[Part two of this tutorial] explains the object 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