Errata for Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
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| 10 |
#35115: Change "brain child" to "brainchild"--Charlie O'Keefe |
B5.0
11-Oct-08 |
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| 10 |
#35116: Footnote: change "bail out" to "bailout"
Also, this blurb is a few days out of date! Rather than the "American banking system", the trouble...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 11 |
#35117: Change "every day tasks" to "everyday tasks"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 12 |
#35118: Change "it's killer feature" to "its killer feature"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 12 |
#35119: Change "other developer's repositories" to "other developers' repositories"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 12 |
#35120: Change "you learn about some organizational techniques" to "YOU'LL learn about some organizational techniques"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 12 |
#35121: How about getting rid of 'Then' next to the last bullet point--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 13 |
#35122: Change "program as whole" to "program as A whole"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 13 |
#35123: Change "the command you run in in the command line" to "the command you run ON the command line"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 13 |
#35124: "jumping off place"
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 13 |
#35125: "without any further ado"
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 15 |
#35126: 3rd paragraph: Seems odd to say DVCS are no different, and then say how they're different. Maybe "no different in those respects"?
(also so...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 16 |
#35127: "The repository is the place that"
How about: "The repository is the place WHERE"
"along with when the change was made"
How about: "along...more...
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B5.0
11-Oct-08 |
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| 17 |
#35128: "Making a commit doesn't involve connecting to a remote repository, the change is just recorded on your local repository."
How about:
"Mak...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 17 |
#35129: 3rd paragraph talks about pushing but for some reason not pulling.--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 18 |
#35082: Stray "s" at the end of: exists “over there” on another server.s --Jonathan Leffler |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 18 |
#35084: At "Well, you start your own project, then tell Git to initialize a repository for it; or you can clone an existing repository."
I think sy...more...
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 19 |
#35085: At "There’s two steps"; use "There are two steps".--Jonathan Leffler |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 19 |
#35130: Change "There's two steps" to "There are two steps"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 20 |
#35131: "All of your work happens in the working tree, that we talked about earlier."
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 20 |
#35132: "You can create a new directory in the repository for each project so they all share a common history"
How about:
"You can create a new di...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 20 |
#35169: "Technically, this has a lot of advantages. It reduces the amount of storage space needed to store the entire history of your repository "
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B5.0
12-Oct-08 |
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| 21 |
#35086: At "Maybe you follow an Agile
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 23 |
#35133: "Git can merge them together." How about:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 24 |
#35134: "Joe and Alice both create clones of the repository they share and starts making changes."
How about:
"Joe and Alice both create clones of...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 25 |
#35135: "We've taken a 30,000 foot view of the DVCS world the way Git interacts with it."
doesn't sound quite right... maybe "AND the way Git inter...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 25 |
#35136: "You learned how files are tracked, how repositories stay in sync and got an introduction to tags, branches, and the art of merging."
How a...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 26 |
#35138: "straight forward" -> "straightforward"--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 27 |
#35139: "they tend to be out of date quite rapidly." How about:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 28 |
#35140: "I advise against using adding doc..." How about:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 29 |
#35141: "Git uses SSH (Secure Shell) as the default transfer protocol when it talks to other repositories."
"Git uses SSH (Secure Shell) as the def...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 33 |
#35142: "That's all there is to configuring Git--you're ready to start using Git."
How about:
"That's all there is to configuring Git--you're read...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 34 |
#35143: "view all branches instead just the current one." Change to:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 35 |
#35144: "Just replace out <command> with..." How about:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 35 |
#35145: "Don't worry you have trouble installing the documentation, you can always access the documentation online at kernel.org..."
How about:
"D...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 35 |
#35146: "You have Git running, now it's time..." How about:
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 36 |
#35147: "getting setup" How about "getting set up" or "getting ready" etc--Charlie O'Keefe |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 71 |
#35100: It would be nice to describe what to do if a checkout or merge gets "fatal: Entry 'foo' not uptodate. Cannot merge."
Maybe there should be ...more...
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 78 |
#35101: It would be nice to describe what to do if you get "fatal: cannot do a partial commit during a merge." --Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 86 |
#35083: It would be nice to introduce the "tree-ish" concept, since it is used a lot in git documentation.--Ken Shirriff |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 124 |
#35081: I think the book should explain in more detail how git stores data: blob, tree, commit, and tag objects. This would clarify some things that ...more...
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 159 |
#35078: The Appendix appears as a subsection of Administration in the pdf structure (i.e. the left-hand tree in Adobe Reader).--Ken Shirriff |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 159 |
#35079: The Appendix appears as a subsection of Administration in the pdf structure (i.e. the left-hand tree in Adobe Reader).--Ken Shirriff |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 160 |
#35069: Shouldn't "git grep" get a mention in the book? It seems like a useful command to describe.--Ken Shirriff |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 168 |
#35080: "It requires the TLC/TK" - should be "Tcl/Tk" (not all caps); it's Tcl, not TLC; and "the" shouldn't be there.--Ken Shirriff |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 168 |
#35070: "I like my development interfaces to all same font at the same size..." missing a "use the"?--Chris Barnett |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 170 |
#35072: "Eclispe Git Plugin" "Eclispe" -> "Eclipse" |
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10-Oct-08 |
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| 171 |
#35102: "Vim, or it’s predecessor vi, are" - should be "its"--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 171 |
#35103: "TicGit let’s you disconnect again" - should be "lets"--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 172 |
#35104: "your current repository and and the branch you’re on" - repeated word--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 172 |
#35105: "those who have setup Gitweb" - should be "set up"; "setup" is a noun--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 172 |
#35106: "It is the hosting provider ...They offer several unique features." - singular/plural inconsistency. Should be "it" or "they" in both places.--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 172 |
#35107: "The source for all thing’s Git" - should be "things"--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |
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| 172 |
#35108: "is becoming stronger ever day." - "every day"--Ken Shirriff |
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11-Oct-08 |