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Re: RFC: perhaps a "new file" should not be deleted by "git reset --hard"

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Sep 12, 2008, 15:41 UTC
Message-ID
<20080912154126.GW4829@genesis.frugalware.org>
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<279b37b20809111649h77666a46u362dddfa1b40e0ca@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 04:49:54PM -0700, Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com> wrote:
> What advantages does "git read-tree -m HEAD" have over "git reset" or
> "git rm --cached <file list>"?

Nothing. I should stop advertising that I still use a lot of plumbing when a porcelain like 'git reset' does the job as well. ;-(

Thanks for the correction.
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