git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

RE: undoing something

From
JDJohn Dlugosz <jdlugosz@tradestation.com>
Date
Mar 17, 2009, 15:08 UTC
Message-ID
<450196A1AAAE4B42A00A8B27A59278E70A2AF242@EXCHANGE.trad.tradestation.com>
In-Reply-To
<7vtz5ssk0s.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
> The documentation is indeed wrong.  It is more like "create a new
> branch,
> or if the named branch already exists, reset the tip of it".  
Awesome.  Then  git branch -f name newpos  is exactly what I need.

I wondered why something that should be so simple, and is available from every GUI, is not easy from the command line.

--John
TradeStation Group, Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company (NASDAQ GS: TRAD) of three operating subsidiaries, TradeStation Securities, Inc. (Member NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and NFA), TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a trading software and subscription company, and TradeStation Europe Limited, a United Kingdom, FSA-authorized introducing brokerage firm. None of these companies provides trading or investment advice, recommendations or endorsements of any kind. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited.
  If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
Previous: Michael J Gruber
Message 15 of 15 in “undoing something”
  1. John DlugoszMar 16, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2009
  3. John DlugoszMar 16, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2009
  5. Effective PostingJohn Dlugosz, Mar 16, 2009
  6. René ScharfeMar 16, 2009
  7. John DlugoszMar 16, 2009
  8. Jay SoffianMar 16, 2009
  9. John DlugoszMar 16, 2009
  10. (unknown)Nanako Shiraishi, Mar 16, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2009
  12. git-branch.txt: document -f correctlyMichael J Gruber, Mar 17, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberMar 17, 2009
  15. John DlugoszMar 17, 2009

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.