diff --git a/public/static/docs/command-reference/get.md b/public/static/docs/command-reference/get.md
index f8b4c693d7..b78e27f179 100644
--- a/public/static/docs/command-reference/get.md
+++ b/public/static/docs/command-reference/get.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# get
Download a file or directory from any DVC project 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 DVC project 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 DVC
-repository, 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 data artifacts.)
+project (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 data artifacts 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 project. 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 DVC project 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
cache).
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 outputs
-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 outputs
+ 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.
diff --git a/public/static/docs/command-reference/import.md b/public/static/docs/command-reference/import.md
index b63fc18b9d..fc6cb0f529 100644
--- a/public/static/docs/command-reference/import.md
+++ b/public/static/docs/command-reference/import.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# import
-Download a file or directory from any DVC repository (e.g. hosted
-on GitHub) into the workspace. This also creates a
+Download a file or directory from any DVC project or Git repository
+into the workspace. 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 DVC repository into
-the workspace. The `dvc import` command downloads such a data
-artifact 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 DVC
+project (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 data artifact 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 project. 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 DVC project 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
cache).
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 outputs
-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 outputs
+ 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
diff --git a/public/static/docs/tutorials/pipelines.md b/public/static/docs/tutorials/pipelines.md
index 609302064b..70d2fdc958 100644
--- a/public/static/docs/tutorials/pipelines.md
+++ b/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 DVC project hosted on a Git repository to
> find the appropriate [remote storage](/doc/command-reference/remote) and
> download data artifacts 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.)
diff --git a/public/static/docs/user-guide/external-dependencies.md b/public/static/docs/user-guide/external-dependencies.md
index 5930a8995b..ee290291f2 100644
--- a/public/static/docs/user-guide/external-dependencies.md
+++ b/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 data artifact from any DVC
-repository. It also creates an external dependency in its import
-stage (DVC-file).
+project or Git repository. It also creates an external dependency in its
+import stage (DVC-file).
```dvc
$ dvc import git@github.com:iterative/example-get-started model.pkl