* Re: git along
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@ 2014-11-13 19:03 ` Christian Neukirchen
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From: Christian Neukirchen @ 2014-11-13 19:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> writes:
> Gentlemen,
>
> The 'git' manual being longer than War and Peace, let me ask
> some simple questions:
>
> git clone git:where-its-coming-from where-its-going-to
>
> ... simple. If I rerun it with the same target dir, will it just
> update, or will it do the full monty all over again? Would any
> files I've added be preserved, or nuked?
It will fail:
fatal: destination path 'zsh' already exists and is not an empty directory.
> Or do we:
>
> git update ...
Inside, do "git pull" inside the checkout.
> Can we:
>
> git just-show-me-whats-changed ... ?
>
> ... or is life just not meant to be so painless?
To see the changes since last pull, you can use "git log -p @{1}.."
(drop the -p if you are not interested in the diff).
> Is there a recommended beginner's guide to git?
Perhaps
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html
For a detailed manual, try http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
hth,
--
Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com> http://chneukirchen.org
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