why is the "user-manual" hidden?

[utonsal]

hello,
the "user-manual" is stored in git-scm.com/docs/user-manual, but is not viewable when looking in the file git-scm.com/docs/ . Why is it 'hidden' in this way?

I read following notice about opening issues here, but on the git@vger.kernel.org -mailing list (which is referenced to from git-scm.com/community) , I was redirected here.
"

• This is not an issue about
  • the Git documentation (a.k.a. man/help pages, i.e. anything with a URL starting with https://git-scm.com/docs), which should be raised with the community,
    "

greetings

[pedrorijo91]

Thanks for reporting this issue @utonsal :) The git-scm website is currently under a redesign work, so this can be addressed very soon.

What do you think @jasonlong ?

[jasonlong]

I’m out this week, but will take a closer look when I get back. My initial reaction was that I don’t immediately recognize this page and that we should definitely include it in the new top-level Manual section.

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[sxlijin]

Wow.

I just spent a few minutes digging for it, and what do you know - it's actually titled "Git's User Manual". It's mentioned briefly in the Description section of man git ("The Git User's Manual[1] has a more in-depth introduction"), and the pointer to it in the footnotes seems to be the only other mention.

In the Git repo, it's Documentation/user-manual.txt. It appears to largely date back to 2007.

Man, talk about RTFM. Thanks for bringing this to our attention @utonsal!

[peff]

I actually have mixed feelings about user-manual.txt. As you noted, it's pretty old. Most of that stuff hasn't changed, but I think that there are better resources these days. Like, say, the Pro Git content we already host, which is more comprehensive and accessible, has actual non-ascii-art diagrams, and is more actively maintained.

So I don't think it's wrong for us to host it or even link to it, but IMHO we should be steering people in search of a prose overview of Git to the book content.

[utonsal]

Am 23.03.2018 um 06:57 schrieb Jeff King:

I actually have mixed feelings about `user-manual.txt`. As you noted, it's pretty old. Most of that stuff hasn't _changed_, but I think that there are better resources these days. Like, say, the Pro Git content we already host, which is more comprehensive and accessible,

has actual non-ascii-art diagrams, which is a disadvantage, because less universal. and is more actively maintained. which is a clear advantage. There could also be the point, that the book is not considered free since it's license is CreativeCommons - Non-Commercial.

So I don't think it's wrong for us to host it or even link to it, but IMHO we should be steering people in search of a prose overview of Git to the book content.

greetings, utonsal

[jnavila]

has actual non-ascii-art diagrams,
which is a disadvantage, because less universal.

It is your opinion that ascii-art diagrams are "more universal". Most of the time it's a bunch of characters that any non-seasoned reader will find ugly and incomprehensible.

[pedrorijo91]

added design label to be considered on #1179 cc @jasonlong

[prasadgujar]

@pedrorijo91 @jasonlong its this issue is still not resolved? if not I m interested in solving this issue.

[pedrorijo91]

I think it has been considered under the work in #1179 but not sure about the status

[utonsal]

very nice. As from what I see, my point is still not resolved, but rather has been talked away. utonsal Am 06.03.2019 um 09:34 schrieb Prasad Mangesh Gujar:

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@pedrorijo91 @jasonlong its this issue is still not resolved? if not I m interested in solving this issue.

[Vrihub]

Alas, still hidden in 2020. Even if it might not cover recent features, it's still a good medium-length introduction to git, that some users might prefer reading, before delving into the more comprehensive Pro Git book.

[peff]

@Vrihub My opinion now is pretty the same as from #1188 (comment). If somebody feels strongly about it enough to make a PR, I wouldn't mind having a link from the /docs page. It probably needs some work in lib/tasks/index.rake to make it render properly, though. IIRC, the user-manual's asciidoc is unlike the regular manpages, so we may need some massaging of settings, etc, to get it to look right.