From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:20:01 GMT
Subject: Re: git reset --hard <commit> superfluous?
Message-ID: <20090103122001.GA20199@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <20090103011319.GA24149@seberino.org>

On 2009.01.02 17:13:19 -0800, chris@seberino.org wrote:
> David
> 
> git reset --hard <commit>
> "resets" the current branch head.
> 
> Is this equivalent to deleting the branch
> and doing
> 
> git branch <branch> <commit> ??
> 
> So "git reset --hard" is syntactic sugar and 'unnecessary' right?

Deleting the branch also deletes the reflog, while using reset adds a
new entry to the reflog. So returning the branch head to its previous
state is pretty trivial if you used reset and might be pretty hard if
you deleted the branch. HEAD's reflog should probably have the right
entry as well, but chances are that it's hidden in a crapload of other
entries, especially if you rebase often.

Björn