From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:42:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.
Message-ID: <7vir4fgnz1.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20071106193959.GB4382@artemis.corp>

Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 06:27:54PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 
>> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>> > 
>> > > Well, I think that _if_ we allow "git revert <path>" to mean "revert the 
>> > > changes to <path>, relative to the index" (which would be the same as "git 
>> > > checkout <path>"), then committing that change just does not make sense.
>> > >
>> > > And it is this behaviour that people are seeking, not "git revert <commit> 
>> > > <path>".
>> > 
>> > Heh, I found this in the recent log somewhere.
>> > 
>> > <gitte> Really, I wonder how difficult git is for people who are not
>> > 	brainwashed by cvs/svn, and unfortunately enough, partly by bzr and hg.
>> > <gitte> From a user perspective, you might be correct.  But then we have to
>> > 	add 1000 commands to reflect the English language.
>> > <gitte> Not what I want.						[06:46]
>> > 
>> > I am wondering who said it ;-).
>> 
>> Now, that is not fair, using my own words against me ;-)
>
>   That's very funny actually :]

Yeah, it was doubly funny after I saw you posted a list of "$scm revert"
and Dscho still sided with you in that thread.