From: J. Bruce Fields Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:10:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable reflogs by default in any repository with a working directory. Message-ID: <20061214231038.GC5147@fieldses.org> In-Reply-To: <20061214224117.GA26374@spearce.org> On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:41:17PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > New and experienced Git users alike are finding out too late that > they forgot to enable reflogs in the current repository, and cannot > use the information stored within it to recover from an incorrectly > entered command such as `git reset --hard HEAD^^^` when they really > meant HEAD^^ (aka HEAD~2). Stupid question--I assume a mention in the reflog doesn't count as a real reference to an object, so they won't save you in the case when you pruned recently?