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authorIan Katz <ifreecarve@gmail.com>2008-07-10 14:27:30 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-14 23:35:31 -0700
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tutorial: use prompt with user names in example, to clarify who is doing what
Signed-off-by: Ian Katz <ifreecarve@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ same machine, wants to contribute.
Bob begins with:
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-$ git clone /home/alice/project myrepo
+bob$ git clone /home/alice/project myrepo
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This creates a new directory "myrepo" containing a clone of Alice's
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Bob then makes some changes and commits them:
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(edit files)
-$ git commit -a
+bob$ git commit -a
(repeat as necessary)
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@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ When he's ready, he tells Alice to pull changes from the repository
at /home/bob/myrepo. She does this with:
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-$ cd /home/alice/project
-$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master
+alice$ cd /home/alice/project
+alice$ git pull /home/bob/myrepo master
------------------------------------------------
This merges the changes from Bob's "master" branch into Alice's
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ again. By defining 'remote' repository shorthand, you can make
it easier:
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-$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
+alice$ git remote add bob /home/bob/myrepo
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With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using the
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ With this, Alice can perform the first operation alone using the
using:
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-$ git fetch bob
+alice$ git fetch bob
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Unlike the longhand form, when Alice fetches from Bob using a
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fetched is stored in a remote tracking branch, in this case
`bob/master`. So after this:
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-$ git log -p master..bob/master
+alice$ git log -p master..bob/master
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shows a list of all the changes that Bob made since he branched from
@@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ After examining those changes, Alice
could merge the changes into her master branch:
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-$ git merge bob/master
+alice$ git merge bob/master
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This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
tracking branch', like this:
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-$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
+alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
-------------------------------------
Note that git pull always merges into the current branch,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ regardless of what else is given on the command line.
Later, Bob can update his repo with Alice's latest changes using
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-$ git pull
+bob$ git pull
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Note that he doesn't need to give the path to Alice's repository;
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ repository in the repository configuration, and that location is
used for pulls:
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-$ git config --get remote.origin.url
+bob$ git config --get remote.origin.url
/home/alice/project
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@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Git also keeps a pristine copy of Alice's master branch under the
name "origin/master":
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-$ git branch -r
+bob$ git branch -r
origin/master
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@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ If Bob later decides to work from a different host, he can still
perform clones and pulls using the ssh protocol:
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-$ git clone alice.org:/home/alice/project myrepo
+bob$ git clone alice.org:/home/alice/project myrepo
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Alternatively, git has a native protocol, or can use rsync or http;