small changes in init and fork

kbroman · kbroman · commit c20727148fb7 · 2014-09-26T17:01:38.000-05:00
diff --git a/pages/fork.md b/pages/fork.md
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ Say you want to contribute changes to someone else's repository (eg,
 
 - Type
 
-      $ git clone git@github.com:username/the_repo.git
+      $ git clone git@github.com:username/the_repo
 
   where `username` is _your_ username.
 
 - You'll now have a local copy of _your version_ of that repository.
 
 - Add a connection to the original owner's repository.
 
-      $ git remote add myfriend git://github.com/myfriend/the_repo.git
+      $ git remote add myfriend git://github.com/myfriend/the_repo
 
-- Note the distinction between `git@github...` in the first case and
-  `git://github...` in the second case.  I'm not sure why these need
+- Note the distinction between `git@github.com:` in the first case and
+  `git://github.com/` in the second case.  I'm not sure why these need
   to be the way they are, but that's what works for me.
 
 - Make changes to files.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ You don't have to use the github website for this.
 - Add a connection to your friend's version of the github repository,
   if you haven't already.
   
-      $ git remote add myfriend git://github.com/myfriend/the_repo.git
+      $ git remote add myfriend git://github.com/myfriend/the_repo
     
 - Pull his/her changes.
 
diff --git a/pages/init.md b/pages/init.md
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ file, but I don't.
 Now, follow the second set of instructions, &ldquo;Push an existing
 repository...&rdquo;
 
-    $ git remote add origin git@github.com:username/new_repo.git
+    $ git remote add origin git@github.com:username/new_repo
     $ git push -u origin master
 
 Actually, the first line of the instructions will say
 
-    $ git remote add origin https://github.com/username/new_repo.git
+    $ git remote add origin https://github.com/username/new_repo
     
-But I use `git@github...` rather than `https://github...`, as the
+But I use `git@github.com:username/new_repo` rather than `https://github.com/username/new_repo`, as the
 former is for use with
 [ssh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell) (if you set up ssh as
 I mentioned in "[Your first time](first_time.html)", then you won't
