From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:02:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reset: allow --soft in a bare repo
Message-ID: <20070715010215.GA20676@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7v7ip3jsf8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 01:33:31AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > since git-branch is usually used for _making_ a branch, whereas
> "branch -f" is very often used to "reset the branch tip".  My
> git day typically begins with "branch -f pu next".

I think we just have a different perspective of what is "usual" here.

> Actually, after thinking about this a bit more, I have become
> somewhat reluctant, as this might confuse new users by giving
> them a wrong mental model of what "reset" is about.

OK, as I said on irc, I don't think this is a huge issue in the first
place, and your argument about encouraging a particular workflow for
git-reset makes some sense (even if that hasn't been my approach to
git-reset in the past).

-Peff