Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 3, 2006, 12:31 UTC
Message-ID: <200612031331.45410.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200612031322.54748.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg wrote:

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> söndag 03 december 2006 02:31 skrev Jakub Narebski:
>
>> Actually, rm -rf * is not needed for "git reset --hard" or
>> "git checkout -f" to succeed.
> 
> True, but git reset --hard isn't always enough and rm -rf * is the good ol' 
> way of resetting things. Typically this comes from make being upset (or too 
> content) with something.

$ git clean -d -x -q $ git reset --hard

(or vice versa) then.

Besides, "rm -rf *" should not remove hidden files and hidden directories, including .git directory. And you should take great care with "rm -rf .*" if it doesn't follow '..'

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Jakub Narebski