On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:15 PM, Pavel Lyalyakin
<pavel.lyalyakin_at_visualsvn.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> [ cc -= svnbook-dev, as I guess this will not become book-material.
>> More below ... ]
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:34 PM, C. Michael Pilato
>> <cmpilato_at_red-bean.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> [moving from users@ ]
>> >>
>> >> Daniel Shahaf wrote on Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:15 +0000:
>> >> > I just ran into the following cheatsheet:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.chim.unifi.it/~signo/did/etc/subversion/neat.html
>> >> >
>> >> > It covers the normal multi-user workflow, branching, etc..
>> >> >
>> >> > (Kudos to the author, Giorgio Signorini, not to me.)
>> >>
>> >> As some of you know, the author gave us permission to incorporate that
>> >> cheatsheet into the official documentation. Any volunteers to start the
>> >> process?
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Daniel
>> >>
>> > With respect to the author and the work he's done, I'm not really interested
>> > in us maintaining yet another collection of the same information already
>> > covered -- in some cases multiple times, when you factor in the reference
>> > sections -- by the book. At best this cheatsheet would be an appendix. I'm
>> > happy to link to the cheatsheet from from the book website, though.
>> >
>> > -- Mike
>>
>> FWIW, I think this cheatsheet is quite good and valuable (though I
>> agree there is a lot of overlap with existing documentation),
>> especially for newcomers. Just to have a good summary / reminder of
>> common things you'll encounter.
>>
>> We have our own quickstart page: http://subversion.apache.org/quick-start
>>
>> How about:
>>
>> - Putting a link at the bottom of that page (there is already a link
>> to the quickstart section of the book), linking to the original
>> webpage of the author.
>>
>> or
>>
>> - Incorporating (some of) the content of that cheatsheet directly on
>> http://subversion.apache.org/quick-start, so it's right there in front
>> of you ...
>>
>>
>> The latter option would be my personal preference (putting my user /
>> admin hat on) -- I like having short info right in front of me in the
>> right place -- but obviously imposes some amount of doc-maintenance
>> work on "us".
>>
>> Maybe someone on this list would be willing to take this doc-task
>> (migrating the current content, and keep an eye on keeping it up to
>> date)?
>>
>> --
>> Johan
>
> IMO, this doc-task has to be reworded into composing a walkthrough for SVN end
> user who wants to start performing basic version control tasks over remote
> repository, but did not read SVNBook or other SVN-related documentation. What do
> you think?
>
> I feel that the cheatsheet[1] needs to be reworked or at least restructured. In
> the current state I feel that it is just personal notes that describe various
> common SVN tasks, actions and tricks. Cheatsheet or personal notes is not
> a "quick start" guide.
Hm, I guess you're right. Though I think there is also a place for
snippets / reminders / recipes (common SVN tasks, actions and tricks),
I suppose a good walkthrough is even better for bootstrapping new
users.
> Anyway, I like the idea of adding some of the content from the cheatsheet to
> the quick start page[2] and I would be glad to take this task.
That would be great!
> The question is: what kind of topics should the quick start page cover?
>
> My idea is that the page should provide task-based guidance for SVN end user on
> how to
> * checkout a working copy,
> * update the working copy,
> * modify the data in the working copy and commit it,
> * make a branch or tag,
> * perform a simple merge.
Sounds terrific.
The current quickstart page focuses on "how do I quickly set up a my
own little repository, locally (with file:///) and put some stuff in
there". Like a beginning user / student / ... perhaps would like to
version his own files. I think it's a good way to introduce the
concepts of repository and working copy, and help them get started by
versioning some of their own files locally.
Do you think you can start from that "setup", and continue with the
topics you listed above? Or would you like to take a different angle?
> BTW, don't miss SVN-related docs on StackOverflow Documentation[3]. I'm pretty
> sure that some of the topics from that doc will be useful.
Interesting! Maybe we can link to that, or look what of those topics
we can cover as well.
> [1]: http://www.chim.unifi.it/~signo/did/etc/subversion/neat.html
> [2]: http://subversion.apache.org/quick-start
> [3]: https://stackoverflow.com/documentation/svn/topics
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Pavel Lyalyakin
> VisualSVN Team
Thanks for taking a look at this.
Cheers,
--
Johan
Received on 2017-08-30 22:22:41 CEST