Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

2013-02-10 Thread W. Trevor King
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:48:01PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > How about not saying anything and say "adds the following"? Will do in v3. -- This email may be signed or encrypted with GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org). For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy si

Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

2013-02-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
"W. Trevor King" writes: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:12:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> > +Which will add the following stanza to a file named `.gitconfig` in >> > +your home directory: >> >> Looks good, even though I do not think we would want/need to confuse >> the readers with an unfami

Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

2013-02-10 Thread W. Trevor King
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:12:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > +Which will add the following stanza to a file named `.gitconfig` in > > +your home directory: > > Looks good, even though I do not think we would want/need to confuse > the readers with an unfamiliar word "stanza". Aw. I suppos

Re: [PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

2013-02-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
"W. Trevor King" writes: > From: "W. Trevor King" > > A simple command line call is easier than spawning an editor, > especially for folks new to ideas like the "command line" and "text > editors". This is also the approach suggested by 'git commit' if you > try and commit without having config

[PATCH v2 09/15] user-manual: Use 'git config --global user.*' for setup

2013-02-10 Thread W. Trevor King
From: "W. Trevor King" A simple command line call is easier than spawning an editor, especially for folks new to ideas like the "command line" and "text editors". This is also the approach suggested by 'git commit' if you try and commit without having configured user.name or user.email. Signed-