diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/tutorial.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tutorial.txt | 65 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt index d2bf0b905..adb1e3275 100644 --- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt +++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt @@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ diff" with: $ man git-diff ------------------------------------------------ -It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git before doing any -operation. The easiest way to do so is: +It is a good idea to introduce yourself to git with your name and +public email address before doing any operation. The easiest +way to do so is: ------------------------------------------------ -$ cat >~/.gitconfig <<\EOF -[user] - name = Your Name Comes Here - email = you@yourdomain.example.com -EOF +$ git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here" +$ git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com ------------------------------------------------ @@ -211,7 +209,7 @@ at this point the two branches have diverged, with different changes made in each. To merge the changes made in experimental into master, run ------------------------------------------------ -$ git pull . experimental +$ git merge experimental ------------------------------------------------ If the changes don't conflict, you're done. If there are conflicts, @@ -297,46 +295,51 @@ is the default.) The "pull" command thus performs two operations: it fetches changes from a remote branch, then merges them into the current branch. -You can perform the first operation alone using the "git fetch" -command. For example, Alice could create a temporary branch just to -track Bob's changes, without merging them with her own, using: +When you are working in a small closely knit group, it is not +unusual to interact with the same repository over and over +again. By defining 'remote' repository shorthand, you can make +it easier: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo +------------------------------------------------ + +With this, you can perform the first operation alone using the +"git fetch" command without merging them with her own branch, +using: ------------------------------------- -$ git fetch /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming +$ git fetch bob ------------------------------------- -which fetches the changes from Bob's master branch into a new branch -named bob-incoming. Then +Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a +remote repository shorthand set up with `git remote`, what was +fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case +`bob/master`. So after this: ------------------------------------- -$ git log -p master..bob-incoming +$ git log -p master..bob/master ------------------------------------- shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from Alice's master branch. -After examining those changes, and possibly fixing things, Alice -could pull the changes into her master branch: +After examining those changes, Alice +could merge the changes into her master branch: ------------------------------------- -$ git checkout master -$ git pull . bob-incoming +$ git merge bob/master ------------------------------------- -The last command is a pull from the "bob-incoming" branch in Alice's -own repository. - -Alice could also perform both steps at once with: +This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote +tracking branch', like this: ------------------------------------- -$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master:bob-incoming +$ git pull . remotes/bob/master ------------------------------------- -This is just like the "git pull /home/bob/myrepo master" that we saw -before, except that it also stores the unmerged changes from bob's -master branch in bob-incoming before merging them into Alice's -current branch. Note that git pull always merges into the current -branch, regardless of what else is given on the commandline. +Note that git pull always merges into the current branch, +regardless of what else is given on the commandline. Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using @@ -350,12 +353,12 @@ repository in the repository configuration, and that location is used for pulls: ------------------------------------- -$ git repo-config --get remote.origin.url +$ git config --get remote.origin.url /home/bob/myrepo ------------------------------------- (The complete configuration created by git-clone is visible using -"git repo-config -l", and the gitlink:git-repo-config[1] man page +"git config -l", and the gitlink:git-config[1] man page explains the meaning of each option.) Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch under the |