Re: [PATCH 5/5] submodule: submodule_move_head omits old argument in forced case

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

Date

Dec 19, 2017, 23:15 UTC

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<20171219231544.GH240141@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>

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<CAGZ79kake8k2dM=NPwNoqB5Vkxy+k67PACz01-aXx6-njcisgQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Stefan Beller wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

>>   checkout -f
>>         I think I would expect this not to touch a submodule that
>>         hasn't changed, since that would be consistent with its
>>         behavior on files that haven't changed.

[...]

> I may have a different understanding of git commands than you do,
> but a plain "checkout -f" with no further arguments is the same as
> a hard reset IMHO, and could be used interchangeably?

Jonathan