From: Alejandro Martinez Ruiz <alex@flawedcode.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:41:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.
Message-ID: <20071105234147.GB12827@inspiron>
In-Reply-To: <85sl3kny8u.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>

On Mon 05 Nov 2007, 23:06, David Kastrup wrote:
> Alejandro Martinez Ruiz <alex@flawedcode.org> writes:
> > On Mon 05 Nov 2007, 11:28, Steven Grimm wrote:
> >
> >> There is already precedent for that kind of mixed-mode UI:
> >>
> >> git checkout my-branch
> >> vs.
> >> git checkout my/source/file.c
> >
> > This is a different case: you're basically performing the same
> > operation, with the second line applying just to a subset of files.
> 
> Huh?  The first one moves HEAD.  The second one doesn't.

That's why I wrote "basically".  Anyway, the point is that this doesn't
seem to be a valid precedent.

- Alex