From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:31:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Submodules in GIT
Message-ID: <200612031331.45410.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200612031322.54748.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> 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 '..'
-- 
Jakub Narebski