Add an URL for message from Linus on git gc

[git-wiki.git] / pep-git.txt

diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index 24f3878df6e1876649e28477ca778a90af1b4629..6272b08f8042abdc30a7b49171fa6e100286a869 100644 (file)
--- a/pep-git.txt
+++ b/pep-git.txt
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ Git Tutorial: `part 1
 `Git workflows
 <https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitworkflows.html>`_.
 
+Advanced documentation
+----------------------
+
 `Git Magic
 <http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/index.html>`_,
 also with a number of translations.
 
-Advanced documentation
-----------------------
-
 `Pro Git <https://git-scm.com/book>`_. The Book about git. Buy it at
 Amazon or download in PDF, mobi, or ePub form. Has translations to
 many different languages. Download Russian translation from `GArik
@@ -118,10 +118,15 @@ done something like that::
     $ cd python
     $ git branch v1 origin/v1
 
+The first command clones remote repository into local directory
+`python``, creates a new local branch v2, sets remotes/origin/v2 as
+its upstream remote branch and checks it out into the working
+directory.
+
 The last command creates a new local branch v1 and sets
 remotes/origin/v1 as its upstream remote branch.
 
-The same result can achieved with commands::
+The same result can be achieved with commands::
 
     $ git clone -b v1 http://git.python.org/python.git
     $ cd python
@@ -380,7 +385,7 @@ TODO: describe undo strategies: git reset, git revert, git checkout,
 git reflog. "Commit early, commit often".
 
 How to undo a merge
-https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
 
 
 Merge or rebase?
@@ -408,6 +413,7 @@ and configure rebase for existing branches::
 
 For example::
 
+    $ git config branch.v1.rebase true
     $ git config branch.v2.rebase true
 
 After that ``git pull origin v2`` becomes equivalent to ``git pull
@@ -416,10 +422,10 @@ After that ``git pull origin v2`` becomes equivalent to ``git pull
 In case when merge is preferred it is recommended to create new
 commits in a separate feature or topic branch while using rebase to
 update the mainline branch. When the topic branch is ready merge it
-into mainline. To avoid a tedious task of resolving conflicts you can
-merge the topic branch to the mainline from time to time and switch
-back to the topic branch to continue working on it. The entire
-workflow would be something like::
+into mainline. To avoid a tedious task of resolving large number of
+conflicts at once you can merge the topic branch to the mainline from
+time to time and switch back to the topic branch to continue working
+on it. The entire workflow would be something like::
 
     $ git checkout -b issue-42  # create and switch to a new branch
         ...edit/test/commit...
@@ -485,6 +491,7 @@ Database maintenance
 ====================
 
 TODO: dangling objects, git gc, git repack.
+https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-12/msg00165.html
 
 
 Tips and tricks