Re: Trying out Git (for translators)

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 13:40 +0000, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> There are some instructions at
> http://live.gnome.org/GitMigration/Translators
> that describe the commands to use Git.
> 
> The server git.gnome.org is available for testing (it contains test
> copies of repositories),
> and any changes you make will be eventually discarded when the final
> migration takes place.
> 
> I think it would be a good opportunity to try out the commands
> and upload some (dummy) translation updates.
> 
> If you use Debian/Ubuntu, you need to install the 'git-core' package
> in order to get the Git commands.

Hi Simos,

This is really nice.  I'd like to offer one tip that people might
find useful.  The "git commit" command can optionally take file
names to commit.  These are effectively auto-added before commit.

I don't use "commit -a", because I like to review my work, but
when you just want to commit a single file, as translators would,
"git commit el.po" is easier than "git add el.po; git commit".

Nothing Earth-shattering.  Just thought it would be handy to our
intrepid translators.

--
Shaun