[ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-23 Thread Jon Forrest
hhMm8 The complete self-contained HTML is at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Llso12P94-U3g1aDBRWjk1Sk0 The sources for this book are at: https://github.com/nobozo/progit2 I welcome comments. Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
On 7/24/2016 10:19 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote: As far as I can see you cannot view it online (without downloading). True. I changed the way the HTML file is generated so that it contains all the images downloading it is as good as viewing it online. I'm not current with the thinking about the m

[RFC] A Change to Commit IDs Too Ridiculous to Consider?

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
r instructional purposes only, and only when the committer explicitly chooses to use this option. I'm *not* proposing a general change to Git's behavior. Is such a thing to ridiculous to even consider? Is there a better way to achieve the same result? Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
On 7/24/2016 11:27 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote: In my opinion being able to view it online has its advantages. Even casual reader can check it, and point errors or offer suggestions for improvements. Absolutely. Now that I've finished the editing I'll look into that. I think you can share a f

Re: [RFC] A Change to Commit IDs Too Ridiculous to Consider?

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
On 7/24/2016 11:46 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote: Please try to keep to the 80-character lines. Sorry. Another possibility is to set authordate and committerdate to some specified time by the way of appropriate environment variables. That sounds like a great idea. Assuming it works the way I e

Re: [RFC] A Change to Commit IDs Too Ridiculous to Consider?

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
On 7/24/2016 11:51 AM, Rodrigo Campos wrote: And what is the problem with that, if you are doing it with instructional purposes? Let's assume that this helps and not confuses later when the commits *do* change. What is the problem you face? A lot of instructional material contains stuff like

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
Also, I realized one potentially major disadvantage of sharing in Google Drive. This is that the URL will change each time I update the book. Apparently Google is taking away the ability to create a static link at the end of August 2016. I think you can share a folder instead, and this would be

Re: [RFC] A Change to Commit IDs Too Ridiculous to Consider?

2016-07-24 Thread Jon Forrest
in different commit IDs each time. Case closed. Thanks, Jakub! Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-26 Thread Jon Forrest
On 7/26/2016 2:15 AM, Manlio Perillo wrote: I have noted a problem when reading the PDF with Chromium: the anchors/links do not work. I see what you mean. I was able to replicate the problem with Acrobat Reader on Windows 10. This seems to happen only with internal links - links to external

Odd Difference Between Windows Git and Standard Git

2016-05-19 Thread Jon Forrest
epo to a non-Dropbox location, just in case it was Dropbox that was causing the problem, but this didn't make any difference. (If you want to try this yourself, try it on the ProGit2 book source on Github). Thanks, Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscr

Re: Odd Difference Between Windows Git and Standard Git

2016-05-20 Thread Jon Forrest
On 5/20/2016 6:19 AM, Torsten Bögershausen wrote: On 20.05.16 03:48, Jon Forrest wrote: I'm running Git version 2.8.2 built from source on Ubuntu 16.04. I'm using a repository that's stored on Dropbox. I'm the only person accessing this repo. Everything works great. For

Re: Odd Difference Between Windows Git and Standard Git

2016-05-20 Thread Jon Forrest
Windows. Thanks for the quick (and correct) response. Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: Odd Difference Between Windows Git and Standard Git

2016-05-23 Thread Jon Forrest
when the same repo is shared by both Windows and *nix Git users over Dropbox or a shared filesystem? Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-08-12 Thread Jon Forrest
t, is to keep the same coverage as upstream. If they add something about Gitolite to their next edition, then I will also. Cordially, Jon Forrest -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Announcing Pro Git Second Edition Reedited

2018-12-09 Thread Jon Forrest
wrote. I hope you enjoy it. The PDF of my version is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/18wGebSU0dyYU1L_bfyoDQtZRF1Vo1H3p/view?usp=sharing If there's enough interest, I'll try to put up an HTML version of the book. Cordially, Jon Forrest

Re: Announcing Pro Git Second Edition Reedited

2018-12-11 Thread Jon Forrest
anges I've made, it's unlikely that my changes would be accepted. I do track the changes to the second edition of Pro Git and incorporate that ones that still apply into my version. But I hear what you're saying. Maybe if and when the third edition of Pro Git comes out I'll tr

Re: Announcing Pro Git Second Edition Reedited

2018-12-11 Thread Jon Forrest
ly in the early chapters, I suggest giving my version a try. Since I'm giving away my version, you have nothing to loose except perhaps a little time. If I'm right, and my version is clearer, then you could benefit from it. (You're a git expert so I doubt you need my version). Cordially, Jon Forrest

Re: Announcing Pro Git Second Edition Reedited

2018-12-11 Thread Jon Forrest
On 12/11/2018 9:15 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote: I think an uspoken issue here is that while you're indeed free to "fork" this book and maintain your fork, having two books with almost identical contents may not be the best option as it simply may be outright confusing for those at whom you

[ANN] Pro Git Reedited - a New Version of the Pro Git Book

2013-12-02 Thread Jon Forrest
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4awq55350ef235m/progitreedited.en.pdf and the source code is at https://github.com/nobozo/progitreedited I welcome your feedback. Please send any comments to me at nob...@gmail.com. To make sure I recognize them as comments about this book, please include [PGR] in the subject. Jon Forres