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sr #108870: Possible error in documentation

Submitter:  lostbits <aschwarz>
Submitted:  Wed 19 Aug 2015 04:27:23 PM UTC
   
 
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Severity:  3 - Normal Status:  None
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Thu 07 Apr 2016 06:12:03 PM UTC, comment #3: 


> My guess is that you mean username and not user.name
> git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"


No. It is precisely user.name and not username.  See git-config man page (git config --help) and search for the user.name section for a full description.

> My guess is that you mean -email is unavailable- instead
> of you@yourdomain and I don't know what use.email is by my email
> doesn't work.
> git config --global user.email -email is unavailable-


No. It means your email address. Using an email address at vcs.sv.gnu.org would record an invalid email address for you in the git log history. Use a valid address instead.

> git ...project.git my guess is that this is the same as myproject in the
> URL descriptions. I think the names should be consistent.


The documentation is a collection of parts from many people. However I think some of the inconsistency is good to illustrate that they are the same such as the use of git.sv.gnu.org and git.savannah.gnu.org which are both equivalent names for the same place.  There is no one right answer. Life is a compromise.

I have made various documentation updates to improve this area.  I lack the time for a full rewrite however.  Patches to improve the docs are always welcome!

Bob Proulx <rwp>
Site Administrator
Sun 03 Apr 2016 11:45:35 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Thank both of you for your interest. Would either or both of you consider making a documentation patch for it? Here is a reference.

https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToAdminThisWiki/

Could patches be discussed on the -email is unavailable- mailing list where things are easier to read and reply. Thanks.

> The command ssh -vvv does not seem to exist


This should work fine. -v is an option to ssh.  It increments verbosity with each application. -v is one verbose. -vv is two verboses.  -vvv is three verboses and is very verbose.  And of course the ssh command still requires a hostname and other optional arguments.

> http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/ does not load


That uses the "gitweb" interface at the top level which needs to index ALL of the projects stored there. When it was initially installed there were few git projects and the speed was acceptable. Now after a few years there are many more projects and the indexing of ALL OF THEM takes a very long time. Long enough that it usually times out before completing. That is the reason the cgit interface was added. It is a little faster. But I would still try to avoid needing to index all of the projects.

  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/

Bob Proulx <rwp>
Site Administrator
Sun 03 Apr 2016 07:51:18 PM UTC, comment #1: 

One little thing: what they mean with 'ssh -vvv' is:

  ssh  -vvv  vcs.savannah.gnu.org

not 'ssh --vvv' by itself.

And where they say 'user.name' in the 'git config' commands, those are literal tokens, not replaceables.  See 'git help config'.

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Wed 19 Aug 2015 04:27:23 PM UTC, original submission:  

Savannah documentation/SshAccess

I think that ssh vcs.savannah.gnu.org should be ssh -email is unavailable-

The command ssh -vvv does not seem to exist

Savannah documentation/ UsingGit

Browser: Mozilla/Firefox 40.0.2 is unable to access:
git://git.sv.gnu.org/gslip.git
ssh://git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/gslip.git

 http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/ does not load

 git ...project.git  my guess is that this is the same as myproject in the URL descriptions. I think the names should be consistent.

My guess is that you mean username and not user.name
git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"

My guess is that you mean -email is unavailable- instead of you@yourdomain and I don't know what use.email is by my email doesn't work.
git config --global user.email -email is unavailable-

lostbits <aschwarz>

 

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