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From: Chris A. <ro...@gm...> - 2015-07-11 06:37:32
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On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Erich Eckner <er...@ec...> wrote: > Well, it is quite a task. The only reason git doesn't win the > longest-man-page-contest is, that its man page is spread over several > ones. ;-) Hah!! That is *SO* true. I've used a lot of git's features, but there are a lot more that I have never used... > By "diagonally" I mean: skip unimportant stuff (details you're not > interested in), but try to get an overview: what is possible (not how!), > what is explained where, ... > I find this superior to just blindly following online tutorials and code > snippets gathered from forums, mailing lists, etc. Right. That sounds like a great way to read. I don't quite follow how this is "diagonal", but certainly it's a good policy, whatever name you give it. ChrisA |