Joshua Juran [off-list ref] writes:
On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:17 AM, sandy2010 wrote:
quoted
I'm new to git and I wonder what is the difference between two
commands:
"git clone" and "git-clone" and which one should be use?
They're the same command.
Except that "git-clone" doesn't work with Git >= 1.6. If you ask the
question, I suspect you have a rather old version of Git and you're a
beginner.
Git's user-friendlyness to newbies greatly improved over the last
versions, so I'd suggest upgrading.
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Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
this question.
Thanks all for your response. Correct way is to use 'git clone'.
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Hi,
2010/8/20 sandy2010 [off-list ref]:
Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
this question.
I have the same question regarding the installation here. I'm trying
to upgrade from v1.5.x to the newest. But found that there are only a
few files installed. Where are the rest? Should I uninstall the old
version before I install? And is there any issues for the newer
version works in respository made by v1.5.x, like git-svn?
Best Regards,
Mac Lin.
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 06:41:35PM +0800, Lin Mac wrote:
Hi,
2010/8/20 sandy2010 [off-list ref]:
quoted
Yeah.. Actually, we were using git-15.6 and the command we used was
'git-clone'. Later, I upgraded to git-1.7.1 and I found that in the
installation directory, there was only 4 binaries including git. I was
wondering were are the rest commands like git-clone, etc? Hence, I asked
this question.
I have the same question regarding the installation here. I'm trying
to upgrade from v1.5.x to the newest. But found that there are only a
few files installed. Where are the rest? Should I uninstall the old
version before I install? And is there any issues for the newer
version works in respository made by v1.5.x, like git-svn?
Best Regards,
Mac Lin.
Uninstall the old one and install the new one.
All the same commands are there, they're just organized
nicer so that they don't have to necessarily live in your $PATH.
The old version provided commands like 'git-clone' in /usr/bin.
You cannot use them like that anymore.
These days we say 'git clone' (no dashes).
Here's a blurb from http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/17/174
GIT v1.6.0 Release Notes
========================
User visible changes
--------------------
With the default Makefile settings, most of the programs are now
installed outside your $PATH, except for "git", "gitk" and
some server side programs that need to be accessible for technical
reasons. Invoking a git subcommand as "git-xyzzy" from the command
line has been deprecated since early 2006 (and officially announced in
1.5.4 release notes); use of them from your scripts after adding
output from "git --exec-path" to the $PATH is still supported in this
release, but users are again strongly encouraged to adjust their
scripts to use "git xyzzy" form, as we will stop installing
"git-xyzzy" hardlinks for built-in commands in later releases.
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David