git commands

git commands

[sandy2010]

I'm new to git and I wonder what is the difference between two commands:

"git clone" and "git-clone" and which one should be use?

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Re: git commands

[Joshua Juran]

On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:17 AM, sandy2010 wrote:

> I'm new to git and I wonder what is the difference between two  
> commands:
>
> "git clone" and "git-clone" and which one should be use?


They're the same command.  You should use the first form to actually  
run the command and the hyphenated form for consulting the manual:

	git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git

	man git-clone

You may get speedier responses to easy questions on IRC, in #git.

Cheers,
Josh

Re: git commands

[Jonathan Nieder]

sandy2010 wrote:

> I'm new to git and I wonder what is the difference between two commands:
> 
> "git clone" and "git-clone" and which one should be use?

By the way, when documentation points to the latter (and is not
pointing to some man page like git-clone(1)), please feel free to let
us know, preferrably with a patch. :)  There is a history that might
have left some of the documentation inconsistent.

Regards,
Jonathan

Re: git commands

[Matthieu Moy]

Joshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com> writes:

> On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:17 AM, sandy2010 wrote:
>
>> I'm new to git and I wonder what is the difference between two
>> commands:
>>
>> "git clone" and "git-clone" and which one should be use?
>
> They're the same command.

Except that "git-clone" doesn't work with Git >= 1.6. If you ask the
question, I suspect you have a rather old version of Git and you're a
beginner.

Git's user-friendlyness to newbies greatly improved over the last
versions, so I'd suggest upgrading.

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Re: git commands

[sandy2010]

Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
this question.

Thanks all for your response. Correct way is to use 'git clone'.
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Re: git commands

[Lin Mac]

Hi,

2010/8/20 sandy2010 <sandeeptt@yahoo.com>:
> Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
> 'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
> installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
> wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
> this question.
I have the same question regarding the installation here. I'm trying
to upgrade from v1.5.x to the newest. But found that there are only a
few files installed. Where are the rest? Should I uninstall the old
version before I install? And is there any issues for the newer
version works in respository made by v1.5.x, like git-svn?

Best Regards,
Mac Lin.

Re: git commands

[David Aguilar]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 06:41:35PM +0800, Lin Mac wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2010/8/20 sandy2010 <sandeeptt@yahoo.com>:
> > Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
> > 'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
> > installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
> > wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
> > this question.
> I have the same question regarding the installation here. I'm trying
> to upgrade from v1.5.x to the newest. But found that there are only a
> few files installed. Where are the rest? Should I uninstall the old
> version before I install? And is there any issues for the newer
> version works in respository made by v1.5.x, like git-svn?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Mac Lin.

Uninstall the old one and install the new one.
All the same commands are there, they're just organized
nicer so that they don't have to necessarily live in your $PATH.

The old version provided commands like 'git-clone' in /usr/bin.
You cannot use them like that anymore.
These days we say 'git clone' (no dashes).

Here's a blurb from http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/17/174

GIT v1.6.0 Release Notes
========================
User visible changes
--------------------
With the default Makefile settings, most of the programs are now
installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk" and
some server side programs that need to be accessible for technical
reasons.  Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command
line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in
1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding
output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH is still supported in this
release, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their
scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing
"git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases.

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	David