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authorThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-08-12 21:55:17 +0200
committerThomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org>2007-08-12 21:55:17 +0200
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About bigger editing endeavors...
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Consult the git documentation about how to shuffle around with branches, how to
rename files, how to upload arbitrary data files, and so on.
+(!) Before attempting any bigger editing work (to which you are sincerely
+invited!) be sure to check the involved pages' *Discussion* subpages (linked
+from the pages' header line) and in there take down (short) notes about the
+editing endeavors you're going to undertake. Doing so should help to (a) avoid
+double work and (b) avoid merge conflict if you install your changes into the
+main repository.
First, let's make sure that you're properly identifying yourself towards git.