User’s Help : Preface
   
Preface
This document serves as both the on-line help and the User’s Guide for AccuRev GitCentric. This documentation covers both GitCentric end user and administrator audiences. GitCentric provides most functionality through a Web UI, but also provides three administrative CLI commands.
Audience
This document is intended for GitCentric end users and administrators. End users are assumed to be familiar with Git source control, and possibly Gerrit Code Review. Administrators are assumed to be familiar with these topics and also with Linux operating systems, as well as AccuRev and AccuWork concepts.
Using This Book
This book assumes you are familiar with your operating system(s) and their commands, as well as with AccuRev, AccuWork, and Git.
The following table summarizes the chapters and appendixes in this book.
Chapter
Description
Audience
Introduces basic GitCentric concepts and architecture.
End users and administrators
Provides a series of common tasks that you perform to configure and use GitCentric.
End users and administrators
Provides the ability to register yourself with GitCentric, and to set your preferences and contact information.
End users and administrators
Gives you access to optional third-party Gerrit Code Review functionality.
End users and administrators
Summarizes the features for configuring and maintaining repositories, groups, and AccuRev servers, including security configuration. Provides links to conceptual and task-based sections of this document.
Administrators
Describes the command line kandoMaintain utility for upgrading and administering the GitCentric database.
Administrators
Summarizes procedures and best practices for backing up your GitCentric-related repositories and database files.
Administrators
Summarizes the syntax and usage of the GitCentric administration commands, typically used for scripting administrative functions. Note: Although these commands are generally considered administrator commands, any registered user may use the ls-repo command to view the repos to which they have access.
Administrators
A list of GitCentric-related terms and their definitions.
End users and administrators
Typographical Conventions
This book uses the following typographical conventions:
Convention
Description
blue sans-serif
Used for sample code or output.
bold
Used for command names, and button names in the
GitCentric user interface
light italic
Used for emphasis, book titles, and for first use of important terms
blue italic
Identifies a hyperlink (to a page or Web URL, for example)
Contacting Technical Support
Micro Focus offers a variety of options to meet your technical support needs as summarized in the following table.
For
Visit
Information about technical support services
Information about platforms support
Product downloads and installations
Product documentation
SupportLine phone numbers, listed by country
When you contact Micro Focus technical support, please include the following information:
• The version of AccuRev and any other AccuRev products you are using (AccuSync or GitCentric, for example).
• Your operating system.
• The version of relevant third-party software (if you are using AccuSync, for example the version of your ITS).
• A brief description of the problem you are experiencing. Be sure to include which AccuRev interface you were using (Web user interface, Java GUI, or CLI), any error messages you received, what you were doing when the error occurred, whether the problem is reproducible, and so on.
• A description of any attempts you have made to resolve the issue.
• A simple assessment of how the issue affects your organization.