Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-08-12 Thread Sitaram Chamarty
On 08/12/2016 08:07 PM, Jon Forrest wrote: > > > On 8/12/16 6:11 AM, Sitaram Chamarty wrote: > >> At present gitolite is -- AFAIK -- the only "pure server side", "no GUI" >> solution for access control, and has some interesting features that more >> "GUI" solutions may not. It is also (again,

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-08-12 Thread Jon Forrest
On 8/12/16 6:11 AM, Sitaram Chamarty wrote: At present gitolite is -- AFAIK -- the only "pure server side", "no GUI" solution for access control, and has some interesting features that more "GUI" solutions may not. It is also (again, AFAIK) used by kernel.org, Fedora, Gentoo, and several

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-08-12 Thread Sitaram Chamarty
On 07/24/2016 09:37 AM, Jon Forrest wrote: > This an announcement of Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition, which is > a substantial edit of Chacon and Straub's Pro Git 2nd Edition. > I spent a lot of time tightening it up and maybe clearing > up some explanations. > > The pdf is downloadable at: >

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

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-26 Thread Manlio Perillo
On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Jon Forrest wrote: > This an announcement of Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition, which is > a substantial edit of Chacon and Straub's Pro Git 2nd Edition. > I spent a lot of time tightening it up and maybe clearing > up some explanations. > > The pdf

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-25 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Jon, On Sun, 24 Jul 2016, Jon Forrest wrote: > On 7/24/2016 11:27 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote: > > > All right. One issue I have after browsing through changes is that > > description of changes and their granularity is severely lacking. "A > > few more very minor changes.", "More piddly

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: [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

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 2016-07-24 o 19:34, Jon Forrest pisze: > 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

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

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jakub Narębski
Re-added git mailing list On 24 July 2016 at 17:57, Jon Forrest wrote: > On 7/24/2016 2:00 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote: > >> I have not checked the book itself; it would be nice if it were >> hosted somewhere, even if using GitHub Pages (per-project or >> per-user). > > Do you

Re: [ANN] Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition

2016-07-24 Thread Jakub Narębski
W dniu 2016-07-24 o 06:07, Jon Forrest pisze: > This an announcement of Pro Git Reedited 2nd Edition, which is > a substantial edit of Chacon and Straub's Pro Git 2nd Edition. > I spent a lot of time tightening it up and maybe clearing > up some explanations. [...] > The sources for this book