From: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:02:32 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Make it more clear that the git-clone example is intended to actually be performed
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Make it more clear that the git-clone example is intended to actually be performed
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diff --git a/tour.mdwn b/tour.mdwn
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--- a/tour.mdwn
+++ b/tour.mdwn
@@ -146,13 +146,18 @@ a directory tree in your filesystem that git treats as
 special. You can rename or delete a repository any time you like,
 using either the command line or your file browser.
 
-#### 2.3.1  Making a local copy of a repository
-
-Copying a repository is just a little bit special. While you could use
-a normal file copying command to make a copy of a repository, it’s
-best to use a built-in command that git provides. This command
-is called “git clone”, because it creates an identical copy of an
-existing repository.
+#### 2.3.1  Creating a local copy of a remote repository
+
+As suggested, a repository can be copied through normal file-copying
+commands. But git also provides a "git clone" tool for copying a
+repository. This provides a means of copying a repository over the
+network, and is also useful with a local repository since it is much
+more efficient than creating a normal copy, (creating a local clones
+is blazingly fast).
+
+We've assembled a simple repository that will be used in the examples
+throughout this chapter. Go ahead and clone this repository now so
+that you will be able to follow along:
 
 	$ git clone git://cworth.org/git/hello
 	Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/hello/.git/