Re: [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted changes unless told to

From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
Date: Jun 26, 2008, 16:15 UTC
Message-ID: <4863C087.1070304@freescale.com>
In-Reply-To: <486329C9.8020801@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson wrote:

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> There is a "--hard" after one of them. It reads like this:
> 
> git reset --hard  ;# move current branch to random point in history
>                   # discarding working tree and index state
> 
> git reset --mixed ;# move current branch to random point in history
>                   # discard the index but keep the working tree
> 
> git reset --soft  ;# move current branch to random point in history,
>                   # leaving index and working tree intact

I always thought that these would be best presented in a linear ordering so that the effects were clearly shown in an "increasing" way:

--soft
    - touches one thing

--mixed
    - touches one thing and a second
    - this is the default

--hard
    - touches one thing, a second and a third

Want a patch down that line?

jdl