[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Help poor git-n00b users to git-clone ffmpeg

[Justin Ruggles]

On 02/04/2011 05:40 AM, Stefano Sabatini wrote:

> On date Friday 2011-02-04 00:50:54 -0900, Lou Logan encoded:
>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 09:25:09 +0100
>> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
>>
>>> On date Thursday 2011-02-03 15:55:36 -0900, Lou Logan encoded:
>>>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 01:46:29 +0100
>>>> Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Index: src/download
>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>> --- src/download	(revision 540)
>>>>> +++ src/download	(working copy)
>>>>> @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
>>>>>  </tbody>
>>>>>  </table>
>>>>>  
>>>>> +<p>
>>>>> +In order to use the standard Git client to check out the source
>>
>> I would prefer something like:
>>
>> To use Git to retrieve the source code:
>>
>> It's a nit but shorter and more clear in my opinion. Sorry, I meant to
>> mention this in my first message. Otherwise the HTML structure looks
>> good to me with the update.
> 
> What about:
> 
> To use the standard Git client to retrieve the source code:
> 
> or
> 
> You can retrieve the source code with the standard Git client with the
> command:

I like this one.

> this should make the point that you actually *need* a Git client for
> doing that.
> 
> But then there are infinite variants and I'll let others (especially
> English speaker) have the last word.