RE: [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted changes unless toldto
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- Craig L. Ching <cching@mqsoftware.com>
- Date
- Jun 25, 2008, 14:49 UTC
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- <63BEA5E623E09F4D92233FB12A9F794302389C2C@emailmn.mqsoftware.com>
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- <20080625104605.GA10322@atn.sw.ru>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:git-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Anton Gladkov > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:46 AM > To: Matthias Kestenholz > Cc: Johannes Schindelin; Boaz Harrosh; Junio C Hamano; Steven > Walter; git@vger.kernel.org; jeske@google.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted > changes unless toldto > > Because 'checkout' in other SCMs like CVS or SVN means 'get > latest data from repo', i.e. it acts like 'pull' or 'fetch' in git. > And 'branch' means branch manipulation: creating, deleting, > switching... >
Checkout, for me and a lot of people I work with, never meant "get latest data from repo", it always meant "get me a workspace". Anyway, just sharing a dissenting opinion, I don't agree that the checkout verb is used incorrectly in git.
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> -- > Best regards, > Anton > mailto:agladkov@parallels.com > --
Cheers, Craig