Re: [PATCH] reset: Better warning message on git reset --mixed <paths>

After being very happy about finding the 'soft-mixed-hard-path-cheat-sheet' table in 0e5a7fa (mentioned in Ævars message that triggered the discussion)

reset: --soft --mixed --hard -- <paths> HEAD X X X - index - X X X files - - X -

I was wondering:

Wouldn't the common reset soft/mixed/hard with path/commit operations become a lot more intuitive by separating the "(1) copy [partially] from HEAD to index [to working tree]" operation and the "(2) change HEAD and do (1)" operation? Just as a very rough scribble of what I mean, like this:

git wipe [<path>] # git reset [<file>]; git checkout [<file>] git wipe [<path>] --index-only # git reset [--mixed] [<path>]

git set-head <commit> # git reset --soft [<commit>] git set-head <commit> --wipe # git reset --hard [<commit>] git set-head <commit> --wipe-index-only # git reset --mixed [<commit>]

(I know that git reset can do more than that, but this is everything I ever wanted as porcelain-only user from git reset, thought maybe the idea could be of use without being fully elaborated)

-- Ralf