[Devel] Update on git mission!

[Jack Grigg]

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That tracker entry was a result of today's meeting. And yes, I agree - I
would recommend this "basic bash" mission to be a "prerequisite" of
sorts for all of them, or at least have the other missions like Tar etc.
linking in the relevant places to it.

Jack

On 17/04/11 01:48, Mark Freeman wrote:
> I noticed this tracker entry by Paul.  What if we saved the lessons on
> using the Unix Shell and such for a dedicated mission? It seems to
> make more sense to me to do that, versus trying to bolt it on to the
> Git training mission that I am currently working on. See below:
> 
> New submission from palhmbs <paulbakulich at gmail.com>:
> 
> We really need to teach people basic bash skills.
> 
> Let's create an awesome mission to teach:
> 
> * Linux filesystem
> * Grep
> * Vi / Vim basics
> * & your comments / additions totally appreciated.
> 
> Paul
> 
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> assignedto: palhmbs
> messages: 1556
> milestone: 0.11.04
> nosy: palhmbs, paulproteus
> priority: feature
> status: chatting
> title: Create new "Git Mission" for Terminal (cli/bash) skills
> 
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Mark Freeman wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a publicly accessible repo, as I've been doing it all in a
>>> local branch from a pull from the main openhatch one. I probably should have
>>> just created a branch on gitorious and worked with it. I will next time.
>>>
>>> Here's a link to the plot progression (no sign in required):
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uZQWvvYWoWob2gjwCwqv24Wi9IRfllqCb5pw0oiu9c/edit?hl=en&authkey=CP2JvrIM
>>
>> Here is some early feedback. Some of it is "plot"-related feedback, which
>> can maybe get touchy -- if you had an artistic angle you were pushing with
>> the choices you made, then totally explain that in a reply and we'll figure
>> out how to make sure your artistic vision shines through.
>>
>> * On the first page, you wrote "the inded audience". Maybe "intended
>> audience"?
>>
>> * Second page: You're asking people to read the code comments to find the
>> author of something, but that's confusing because "git log" and "git
>> annotate" (AKA "git blame") are the more common tools for finding the author
>> of some code. Maybe you could ask them to do something different, like paste
>> the output of the program?
>>
>> Also, people have suggested we explain to people they need to "cd" into a
>> directory, or open a particular file with a text editor -- whatever you ask
>> people to do, it should only be unclear if that's what you want. We can't
>> necessarily assume much of the skill level of people running through these
>> missions.
>>
>> * Third page: I would link to the diff/patch mission in the text, and also
>> have a paragraph like:
>>
>> "Files created by git format-patch are like normal patch files, but they
>> also carry information about the git commit that created the patch: the
>> author, the date, and the commit log message are all there at the top of the
>> patch."
>>
>> Also, you don't explain here how to "check your changes into your local
>> copy".
>>
>> Also, if the person is an OS X user, we could suggest they creating the
>> patch with GitX, or with gitg in GNU/Linux-y systems.
>>
>> Also, "open the patch file" in what?
>>
>> * Dinner party:
>>
>> That would be awesome.
>>
>> --
>> -- Asheesh.
>>
>> http://asheesh.org/
>>
>> Q:      How many Martians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
>> A:      One and a half.
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