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diff --git a/Documentation/everyday.txt b/Documentation/everyday.txt index 9310b650d3..ae413e52a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/everyday.txt +++ b/Documentation/everyday.txt @@ -1,13 +1,8 @@ Everyday GIT With 20 Commands Or So =================================== -<<Basic Repository>> commands are needed by people who have a -repository --- that is everybody, because every working tree of -git is a repository. - -In addition, <<Individual Developer (Standalone)>> commands are -essential for anybody who makes a commit, even for somebody who -works alone. +<<Individual Developer (Standalone)>> commands are essential for +anybody who makes a commit, even for somebody who works alone. If you work with other people, you will need commands listed in the <<Individual Developer (Participant)>> section as well. @@ -20,46 +15,6 @@ administrators who are responsible for the care and feeding of git repositories. -Basic Repository[[Basic Repository]] ------------------------------------- - -Everybody uses these commands to maintain git repositories. - - * linkgit:git-init[1] or linkgit:git-clone[1] to create a - new repository. - - * linkgit:git-fsck[1] to check the repository for errors. - - * linkgit:git-gc[1] to do common housekeeping tasks such as - repack and prune. - -Examples -~~~~~~~~ - -Check health and remove cruft.:: -+ ------------- -$ git fsck <1> -$ git count-objects <2> -$ git gc <3> ------------- -+ -<1> running without `\--full` is usually cheap and assures the -repository health reasonably well. -<2> check how many loose objects there are and how much -disk space is wasted by not repacking. -<3> repacks the local repository and performs other housekeeping tasks. - -Repack a small project into single pack.:: -+ ------------- -$ git gc <1> ------------- -+ -<1> pack all the objects reachable from the refs into one pack, -then remove the other packs. - - Individual Developer (Standalone)[[Individual Developer (Standalone)]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -67,6 +22,8 @@ A standalone individual developer does not exchange patches with other people, and works alone in a single repository, using the following commands. + * linkgit:git-init[1] to create a new repository. + * linkgit:git-show-branch[1] to see where you are. * linkgit:git-log[1] to see what happened. @@ -223,12 +180,12 @@ directory; clone from it to start a repository on the satellite machine. <2> clone sets these configuration variables by default. It arranges `git pull` to fetch and store the branches of mothership -machine to local `remotes/origin/*` tracking branches. +machine to local `remotes/origin/*` remote-tracking branches. <3> arrange `git push` to push local `master` branch to `remotes/satellite/master` branch of the mothership machine. <4> push will stash our work away on `remotes/satellite/master` -tracking branch on the mothership machine. You could use this as -a back-up method. +remote-tracking branch on the mothership machine. You could use this +as a back-up method. <5> on mothership machine, merge the work done on the satellite machine into the master branch. |