Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM el24614 <el24614@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I think in tutorial 2 (https://git.scm.com/docs/gittutorial-2) in the >> first code box the second time that file.txt is edited ($ echo 'hello >> world!' >file.txt) there should be an additional ">" because a single >> one will overwrite the contents. As far as i understand from what >> follows bellow, the text should be appended. > > Presumably you're talking about this example? > > $ echo 'hello world' > file.txt > $ git add . > $ git commit -a -m "initial commit" > ... > $ echo 'hello world!' >file.txt > $ git commit -a -m "add emphasis" > > Note that the initial content of `file.txt` is "hello world", whereas > the updated content is "hello world!" with trailing exclamation point, > so the content of the file does change (indeed, the commit message > "add emphasis" hints at the way in which it changes). As such, the > example appears to be fine as-is and does not need to be changed to > use ">>" instead of ">". > > That's not to say the example is ideal since the difference of "!" is > potentially difficult to spot. Had it instead been: > > $ echo 'HELLO WORLD' >file.txt > > or some other more obvious change, it probably would have been better. > Please feel free to submit a patch to improve the documentation if you > think such a change would help. Or append "Goodbye world" to pair well with the first sentence? By the way, I noticed that the URL given in the original post gives a log-in page. IT IS *NOT* the git-scm.com that is associated with this project, but is somebody else. The URL the original poster meant is probably https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial-2 I do not think the typo is malicious, though, and scm.com itself is run by folks who have valid reasons to own the domain.
