Merge pull request #912 from fabiosantoscode/feature/get-non-dvc

DOC: reflect the fact that get allows for non-DVC repositories

public/static/docs/command-reference/get.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # get
 
 Download a file or directory from any <abbr>DVC project</abbr> or Git repository
-(e.g. hosted on GitHub) into the current working directory.
+into the current working directory.
 
 > Unlike `dvc import`, this command does not track the downloaded files (does
 > not create a DVC-file).
@@ -12,37 +12,37 @@ Download a file or directory from any <abbr>DVC project</abbr> or Git repository
 usage: dvc get [-h] [-q | -v] [-o [OUT]] [--rev [REV]] url path
 
 positional arguments:
-  url         URL of Git repository with DVC project to download from.
-  path        Path to a file or directory within a DVC repository.
+  url         Location of DVC project or Git repository to download from
+  path        Path to a file or directory within the project or repository
 ```
 
 ## Description
 
 Provides an easy way to download files or directories tracked in any <abbr>DVC
-repository</abbr>, both by Git (e.g. source code) or DVC (e.g. datasets, ML
-models). The file or directory in path is copied to the current working
-directory. (For remote URLs, it works like downloading with wget, but supporting
-DVC <abbr>data artifacts</abbr>.)
+project</abbr> (e.g. datasets, ML models), or Git repository (e.g. source code,
+small images or data files). The file or directory in path is copied to the
+current working directory. (For remote URLs, it works like downloading with
+wget, but supporting DVC <abbr>data artifacts</abbr> and files tracked by Git.)
 
 Note that this command doesn't require an existing DVC project to run in. It's a
 single-purpose command that can be used out of the box after installing DVC.
 
-The `url` argument specifies the address of the Git repository containing the
-external <abbr>project</abbr>. Both HTTP and SSH protocols are supported for
-online repositories (e.g. `[user@]server:project.git`). `url` can also be a
+The `url` argument specifies the address of the <abbr>DVC project</abbr> or Git
+repository containing the data source. Both HTTP and SSH protocols are supported
+for online repositories (e.g. `[user@]server:project.git`). `url` can also be a
 local file system path to an "offline" repository (in this case and if it
 doesn't have a default remote set up, instead of downloading, DVC will try to
 copy the target data from the external source project or its
 <abbr>cache</abbr>).
 
 The `path` argument of this command is used to specify the location, within the
-source repository at `url`, of the target(s) to be downloaded. It can point to
-any file or directory in the source project, including <abbr>outputs</abbr>
-tracked by DVC as well as files tracked by Git. Note that for the former, data
-should be specified in one of the [DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format)
-of the source repository. (In this case, a default
-[DVC remote](/doc/command-reference/remote) needs to be configured in the
-project, containing the actual data.)
+source project or repository at `url`, of the target(s) to be downloaded. It can
+point to any file or directory in the source project, including <abbr>outputs
+</abbr> tracked by DVC as well as files tracked by Git. Note that for the
+former, data should be specified in one of the
+[DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format) of the source repository. (In this
+case, a default [DVC remote](/doc/command-reference/remote) needs to be
+configured in the project, containing the actual data.)
 
 > See `dvc get-url` to download data from other supported URLs.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ name.
 
 - `--rev` - specific
   [Git revision](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References)
-  (such as a branch name, a tag, or a commit hash) of the DVC repository to
+  (such as a branch name, a tag, or a commit hash) of the Git repository to
   download the file or directory from. The tip of the default branch is used by
   default when this option is not specified.
 

public/static/docs/command-reference/import.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # import
 
-Download a file or directory from any <abbr>DVC repository</abbr> (e.g. hosted
-on GitHub) into the <abbr>workspace</abbr>. This also creates a
+Download a file or directory from any <abbr>DVC project</abbr> or Git repository
+into the <abbr>workspace</abbr>. This also creates a
 [DVC-file](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format) with information about the data
 source, which can later be used to [update](/doc/command-reference/update) the
 import.
@@ -15,36 +15,37 @@ import.
 usage: dvc import [-h] [-q | -v] [-o [OUT]] [--rev [REV]] url path
 
 positional arguments:
-  url         URL of Git repository with DVC project to download from.
-  path        Path to data within DVC repository.
+  url         Location of DVC project or Git repository to download from
+  path        Path to a file or directory within the project or repository
 ```
 
 ## Description
 
-DVC provides an easy way to reuse datasets, intermediate results, ML models, or
-other files and directories tracked in another <abbr>DVC repository</abbr> into
-the workspace. The `dvc import` command downloads such a <abbr>data
-artifact</abbr> in a way that it is tracked with DVC, so it can be updated when
-the data source changes. (See `dvc update`.)
+Provides an easy way to reuse files or directories tracked in any <abbr>DVC
+project</abbr> (e.g. datasets, intermediate results, ML models) or Git
+repository (e.g. other files and directories), into the workspace. The
+`dvc import` command downloads such a <abbr>data artifact</abbr> in a way that
+it is tracked with DVC, so it can be updated when the data source changes. (See
+`dvc update`.)
 
-The `url` argument specifies the address of the Git repository containing the
-source <abbr>project</abbr>. Both HTTP and SSH protocols are supported for
-online repositories (e.g. `[user@]server:project.git`). `url` can also be a
+The `url` argument specifies the address of the <abbr>DVC project</abbr> or Git
+repository containing the data source. Both HTTP and SSH protocols are supported
+for online repositories (e.g. `[user@]server:project.git`). `url` can also be a
 local file system path to an "offline" repository (in this case and if it
 doesn't have a default remote set up, instead of downloading, DVC will try to
 copy the target data from the external source project or its
 <abbr>cache</abbr>).
 
 The `path` argument of this command is used to specify the location, within the
-source repository at `url`, of the target(s) to be downloaded. It can point to
-any file or directory in the source project, including <abbr>outputs</abbr>
-tracked by DVC as well as files tracked by Git. Note that for the former, data
-should be specified in one of the [DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format)
-of the source repository. (In this case, a default
-[DVC remote](/doc/command-reference/remote) needs to be configured in the
-project, containing the actual data.)
+source project or repository at `url`, of the target(s) to be downloaded. It can
+point to any file or directory in the source project, including <abbr>outputs
+</abbr> tracked by DVC as well as files tracked by Git. Note that for the
+former, data should be specified in one of the
+[DVC-files](/doc/user-guide/dvc-file-format) of the source repository. (In this
+case, a default [DVC remote](/doc/command-reference/remote) needs to be
+configured in the project, containing the actual data.)
 
-> See `dvc import-url` to download and tack data from other supported URLs.
+> See `dvc import-url` to download and track data from other supported URLs.
 
 After running this command successfully, the imported data is placed in the
 current working directory with its original file name e.g. `data.txt`. An
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ data artifact from the source project.
 
 - `--rev` - specific
   [Git revision](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References)
-  (such as a branch name, a tag, or a commit hash) of the DVC repository to
+  (such as a branch name, a tag, or a commit hash) of the Git repository to
   import the data from. The tip of the repository's default branch is used by
   default when this option is not specified. Note that this adds a `rev` field
   in the import stage that fixes it to this revision. This can impact the

public/static/docs/tutorials/pipelines.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $ git commit -m "Download and add code to new Git repo"
 > `dvc get` can use any <abbr>DVC project</abbr> hosted on a Git repository to
 > find the appropriate [remote storage](/doc/command-reference/remote) and
 > download <abbr>data artifacts</abbr> from it. (It works like `wget`, but for
-> DVC repositories.) In this case we use
+> DVC or Git repositories.) In this case we use
 > [dataset-registry](https://github.com/iterative/dataset-registry)) as the
 > source project. (Refer to [Data Registries](/doc/use-cases/data-registries)
 > for more info about this setup.)

public/static/docs/user-guide/external-dependencies.md

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ determine whether the source has changed and we need to download the file again.
 ## Example: Using import
 
 `dvc import` can download a <abbr>data artifact</abbr> from any <abbr>DVC
-repository</abbr>. It also creates an external dependency in its <abbr>import
-stage</abbr> (DVC-file).
+project</abbr> or Git repository. It also creates an external dependency in its
+<abbr>import stage</abbr> (DVC-file).
 
 ```dvc
 $ dvc import [email protected]:iterative/example-get-started model.pkl