From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C28C11F453 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2018 23:34:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727576AbeKHJGk (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2018 04:06:40 -0500 Received: from smtp-out-3.talktalk.net ([62.24.135.67]:57214 "EHLO smtp-out-3.talktalk.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726191AbeKHJGj (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Nov 2018 04:06:39 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.12] ([92.29.15.216]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP id KXKegnQKNAGVrKXKegdsTl; Wed, 07 Nov 2018 23:33:56 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=talktalk.net; s=cmr1711; t=1541633636; bh=CE6UTvQstA1xKsPGNpShYLh685tTK1LtiJxfLGrpuPU=; h=Subject:To:Cc:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=YOczwnG6rUWPS7sC6OPVO4huTGO0YukuqPdbRAhAqTXywRY5GESv3F71jw/uAl+NI oHe5L7ID6cGdFj5ujgi8je4EjH2GMFU0XAJoal3vk6kXdZueC7dm2m9umZhFQfOO84 iBEKgNHlluCjNe3L1vadch1KWDxg/gnfVAYxy8Ek= X-Originating-IP: [92.29.15.216] X-Spam: 0 X-OAuthority: v=2.3 cv=DtN4Bl3+ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=nW19o/PZ5qZJ0p49dqPFUw==:117 a=nW19o/PZ5qZJ0p49dqPFUw==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=1YunhJp0st90rSj4sjEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: What exactly is a "initial checkout" To: Christian Halstrick , Junio C Hamano Cc: Git , rene.scheibe@gmail.com References: From: Philip Oakley Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 23:33:56 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfAK3tserri1JPtmYA8oPMuIawHM9gJKsuwk27Gz19lH7sDRUaYjdDXHb1v4903COC01HEW+uB4RUemf0Q0P9sDh+Q9As/4oLZaJpK35YtWsAGKFrLAn4 wjdqf4QiATgP4KXgJOyFVNWUbKXTyoQF3lecFcarbuhGnSTrWxP7oPwfeZjkLtvTEGYTqDSjK2aZs9m3NXyaeH+ojvELLbL+B6Svgs61t/m7aa20eNv0wLzm LnN9oY3/ekj0GLukkTfgoap3qmz6VOmcmIEwwveLThH02boUBiI+SJrcKrtuWuwM Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 07/11/2018 08:50, Christian Halstrick wrote: > Ok, I know understand the problems which are solved by this > special behaviour of a "initial checkout". And also important I understand > when exactly I should do a "initial checkout" - when the index file does > not exist. I'll share my new knowledge with JGit :-) > Given that the initial query was about the lack of documentation for the term "initial checkout", do you have any suggestion of how it might best be incorporated into the documentation to assist future reader? -- Philip