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pa@see.signature.invalid (Pierre Asselin) wrote or quoted:
>With a dot after "git init" ?

  I inadvertently added the dot when using "add ." as a template
  for the init command. I have since removed this dot ".", but it
  seems to not have done any harm.

  Some git tutorials do not address things that are confusing for
  me as a beginner such as:

  - They sometimes speak of the "working directory". Then, when you
    get an error message containing "work tree", you wonder: "Is this
    the same thing as the 'working directory'?". For now, I assume:
    yes.

  - They tell you about adding files to the staging area. But for me
    it was not clear whether this is a copy with all data or just a
    link to the file in the work tree. Now, the chatbot told me that
    it's a full copy with all data in the staging area. So, when you
    later change your work file, it will not be reflected in the staging
    area without another "add". Of course, as a beginner, next thing
    you wonder then, is whether this will replace the previous copy
    in the staging area (I guess so) or be added as a second copy . . .

  Having learned about the environment variable "GIT_WORK_TREE" actually
  is helping me, because I wanted a git directory that is different from
  my work tree anyway, so now I know how to do it. (Before this, I would
  copy all my files from my working directory to the git directory, 
  adding and committing and then deleting them.) I want the git 
  directory to be on a different disk than the work tree, because it's
  intended to be a backup.

 

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basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 18:08 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 18:33 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 18:46 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:34 +0000
      Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 21:13 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-22 21:59 +0000
        Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-22 23:11 +0000
  Re: basic git operations pa@see.signature.invalid (Pierre Asselin) - 2025-11-22 19:52 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:10 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-22 21:57 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-24 20:23 +0000
        Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-24 20:38 +0000
        Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-24 23:37 +0000
          Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-25 22:06 +0000
            Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-26 00:53 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-22 20:00 +0000
    Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:19 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-11-22 20:24 +0000
        Re: basic git operations ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-11-22 20:37 +0000
  Re: basic git operations Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-11-24 19:51 +0000
    Re: basic git operations Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-24 22:27 +0000
      Re: basic git operations Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-24 23:41 +0000

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