From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:32:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Teach how to discard changes in the working directory
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> I would agree that "hint is often given in #git" is an indication that
> people do not know "git checkout" to check out the path from the index to
> get rid of the change.  I further suspect that "I modified my file and git
> status says 'Changed but not updated'; what should I do" may not be asked
> often anymore, which might owe the hint we have in status output.  Even
> then, I do not necessarily agree that the status output (yes, I am also
> questioning the existing hints as well) is the best place to teach these
> people.
>
> The approach would lead to insanely long output that reproduces the user
> manual, and we should draw the line somewhere.  As I said, I suspect that
> what we say is already too chatty.

Having said all that, I'll queue them to see what other people think.