Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of Git/GitHome

Timestamp:

Jan 1, 2014, 5:01:23 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

Beman Dawes

Comment:

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Git/GitHome

@@ -10 +10 @@
 == Required Git Release ==
 
-1.7.3 or later.
+1.7.3 or later. {{{git --version}}} will display the Git version number.
 
 If you already have an earlier release installed, please upgrade it.
@@ -24 +24 @@
 [http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/ TortoiseGIT], a port of TortoiseSVN, is recommended for Windows users who prefer a GUI interface or already use TortoiseSVN.
 
- || **Windows hint:** If you install TortoiseGIT, avoid incompatibilities by using the command line version of Git that TortoiseGIT installs. I.E. place {{{C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd}}} in your path ahead of any other git binaries, such as cygwin. ||
+  **Windows hint:** If you install TortoiseGIT, avoid incompatibilities by using the Windows command line version of Git that TortoiseGIT installs. I.E. place {{{C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd}}} in your path ahead of any other git binaries, such as those cygwin might install. While in theory you could run git from bash, Windows Powershell, or other shells, examples in these Boost documentation pages are tested only with the regular Windows command line, {{{cmd.exe}}}.
 
- || **Windows hint:** To generate !GitHub SSH authentication keys, as described in [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#platform-windows GitHub help], be sure to use {{{"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\Git Bash"}}}. Otherwise the {{{.ssh}}} directory may not get generated in your HOMEPATH directory, and !GitHub authentication will fail. ||
+  **Windows hint:** To generate !GitHub SSH authentication keys, as described in [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys#platform-windows GitHub help], be sure to use {{{"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\Git Bash"}}}. Otherwise the {{{.ssh}}} directory may not get generated in your HOMEPATH directory, and !GitHub authentication will fail. 
 
 === Unix, Linux, etc. ===
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 ''gitk'' and ''git gui'' are the most responsive and common tools. To start using them just execute "gitk ." (without quotes) in folder with cloned GIT repo. ''git gui'' can be started from ''gitk'', via "File"->"Start git gui".
 
- || **Linux hint:** You need to create SSH keys and add them to your git account, as described in [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys GitHub help] ||
+ **Linux hint:** You need to create SSH keys and add them to your git account, as described in [https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys GitHub help] 
 
 === Mac OS X ===