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#58366: The "report erratum" link at the bottom of the pages should take us to the web page of _all_ errata, not to the form where we report one error...more...
 P3.0
26-Dec-13
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#49959: Last paragraph of page (titled Who Is This Book For?) contains the string "status.untracked.start" at the beginning of line 3.--Keith Miller

 P3.0
19-Oct-12
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#77660: In the who is this book for? section This book is geared for someone new to Git who is looking to get up to speed quickly. This book is for ...more...
 P3.0
17-Oct-14
xi
#49762: Introduction - Who Is This Book For? The second sentence in both epub and PDF contains "status.untracked.start": ...if you're status.untra...more...
 P3.0
29-Aug-12
xi

#49645: This book is for you if you’re status.untracked.start familiar with another VCS such as Subversion--Brian Maltzan

 P3.0
13-Aug-12
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#49209: In Windows (at least on XP) with msysgit, git config user.name "Your Name" fails with the error error: could not lock config file .git...more...
 P2.0
26-Apr-12
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#49388: In the sentence at the start of the 3rd paragraph, "There are a few limitations to this type of repository clone," it is not clear that it is...more...
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31-May-12
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#51828: "This book is for you if you’re status.untracked.start familiar" -> "This book is for you if you’re familiar"--Nigel Lowry

 P3.0
04-Jun-13
11

#49822: I think some markup appears as part of the text by mistake - "This book is for you if you’re status.untracked.start familiar with another VCS"--Stuart Blair

 P3.0
18-Sep-12
12

#58365: Remove

status.untracked.start

in the middle of the last paragraph, near the bottom of the page.--bob desinger

 P3.0
26-Dec-13
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#49825: I have the following my ~/.gitignore--Brian Maltzan

 P3.0
19-Sep-12
37

#76779: Second sentence: "They’re integral how Git works..." should read "They’re integral _to_ how Git works..."--Edward Cardinal

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09-May-14
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#77035: propmt -> prompt (3rd one)--Gerriet Backer

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22-Jul-14
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#50179: The first example is fine, it reads "git fetch <remote name>". The second example confuses me. It reads "git fetch remote local branch:remot...more...
 P3.0
18-Nov-12

Stuff To Be Considered in the Next Edition

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#45351: Developers using Xcode on Mac now have git installed by default in /usr/local/git. I think they started doing this fairly recently. The latest...more...
 B2.0
12-Oct-10
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#46124: At the bottom of the page, you start talking about "Tracking Branches" out of the blue. Does that indicate that until now you've been discussi...more...
 P1.0
27-Dec-10
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#44816: What about working with older files and getting them out of the repository to see how a file has changed. With subversion, this is fairly int...more...
 B1.0
01-Sep-10
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#44846: What about adding a section on comparing differences with a graphical tool? I know you support the merge scenario, but for those people who "...more...
 B1.0
03-Sep-10