Re: Trying out Git (for translators)

[Simos Xenitellis <simos lists googlemail com>]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> 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.

Hi Shaun,

In usability terms, it's a big improvement to eliminate a step.
I am updating the wiki page.

Cheers,
Simos