Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.

From: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Date: Nov 6, 2007, 19:39 UTC
Message-ID: <20071106193959.GB4382@artemis.corp>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711061827030.4362@racer.site>

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 06:27:54PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > 
> > > Well, I think that _if_ we allow "git revert <path>" to mean "revert the 
> > > changes to <path>, relative to the index" (which would be the same as "git 
> > > checkout <path>"), then committing that change just does not make sense.
> > >
> > > And it is this behaviour that people are seeking, not "git revert <commit> 
> > > <path>".
> > 
> > Heh, I found this in the recent log somewhere.
> > 
> > <gitte> Really, I wonder how difficult git is for people who are not
> > 	brainwashed by cvs/svn, and unfortunately enough, partly by bzr and hg.
> > <gitte> From a user perspective, you might be correct.  But then we have to
> > 	add 1000 commands to reflect the English language.
> > <gitte> Not what I want.						[06:46]
> > 
> > I am wondering who said it ;-).
> 
> Now, that is not fair, using my own words against me ;-)

  That's very funny actually :]

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