From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:41:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-reset [--mixed] <tree> [--] <paths>...
Message-ID: <7v3b7i2osc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <slrneo2atm.nqa.Peter.B.Baumann@xp.machine.xx>

Peter Baumann <Peter.B.Baumann@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
writes:

> Why not make
>
> 	git-reset --hard <treeish> -- file
>
> aquivalent to
>
> 	git-checkout <treeish> -- file

Theoretically we could, but I'd rather keep "reset --hard"
something that people would think a bit about before actually
running (I am not enthused about giving "reset --mixed" this
feature for the same reason, but I think it is safe enough).

I'd want to avoid overloading different meanings to the --hard
form.  Mis-typing checkout (say, accidentally having <RETURN>
before "-- file" part while cut & paste) would not be so
dangeous; mis-typing "reset --hard" the same way could be
disastrous.

> PS:	Your patch didn't apply cleanly.

As I said there is one bug I've fixed in my tree but the
branches were not pushed out yet.