In the file HACKING, please remove the "Your first commit: the quick and dirty way".
Just directly mention the right way, "Make your changes on a private "topic" branch" It only costs the user a couple more commands. Else you are starting many first time git users on the wrong foot; days of misery and twisted development habits that will take months to recover from mentally. $ grep -i never git/Documentation/*.txt _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils