Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] Documentation: git-init: flesh out example

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 15:14:48 -0700

Linus Arver <[email-masked]> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Linus Arver <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-init.txt | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
> index b94d165..16e9f9c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
> @@ -138,10 +138,12 @@ Start a new Git repository for an existing code base::
>  $ cd /path/to/my/codebase
>  $ git init      <1>
>  $ git add .     <2>
> +$ git commit    <3>

I agree it is a good discipline to make the initial "pristine"
import immediately after "git add ." without doing anything else.
Perhaps the description below wants to make it more explicit?

>  ----------------
>  +
> -<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
> -<2> add all existing file to the index
> +<1> Create a /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory.
> +<2> Add all existing files to the index.
> +<3> Create the first root-commit.
>  
>  GIT
>  ---