From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Abrahams Subject: Re: git diff bug? Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:16:25 -0400 Message-ID: <0DEF7B81-61C6-4971-BC5B-5C31D62D091B@boostpro.com> References: <20090404014527.GA13350@coredump.intra.peff.net> <1BF9172A-BE91-4D1C-932A-EB9FD79BA402@boostpro.com> <20090406155303.GA3275@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.4) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 06 20:18:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LqtOs-0002bq-F4 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:18:26 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753468AbZDFSQ3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:16:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751723AbZDFSQ2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:16:28 -0400 Received: from boost-consulting.com ([206.71.190.141]:53532 "EHLO boost-consulting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751327AbZDFSQ2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:16:28 -0400 Received: from [192.168.188.134] (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com [207.172.223.249]) (Authenticated sender: dave) by boost-consulting.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B6B821CC1F; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:14:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090406155303.GA3275@sigill.intra.peff.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.4) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Jeff King wrote: > All of that being said, it is obviously a documentation failure if it > didn't explain in which files the various parts go. If you don't mind, > can you skim over the documentation you read one more time and point > out > where it led you wrong? Maybe we can make it a little clearer. Wow, that is a *really* admirable response. Git itself may be a tad arcane, but the community has been fantastic. Thanks billionses for that -- it can only mean more a more learnable Git down the road. I posted an answer to your question in a different reply. -- David Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://boostpro.com