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Re: What I miss from Cogito...

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FWFlorian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Date
Mar 23, 2008, 19:14 UTC
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* Luciano Rocha:
>>         git show HEAD:$prefix$i > $i
> I use git checkout path ...
>
> Isn't that the same thing?

No, it restores the file version in the index. "git checkout HEAD -- $path" should be the same.

Personally, I'm not all that happy with the multiple different meanings of "git reset" and "git checkout", either. Depending on the parameters, the two comments manipulate both the contents of the working copy, or the location at which the working copy is hooked in the history. If we need to have two separate commands for this, it would make more sense to draw distinction between the two aspects, and not the mess we have now. OTOH, it's probably too late for that.

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Message 9 of 23 in “What I miss from Cogito...”
  1. H. Peter AnvinMar 23, 2008
  2. Theodore TsoMar 23, 2008
  3. H. Peter AnvinMar 23, 2008
  4. Petr BaudisMar 27, 2008
  5. Luciano RochaMar 23, 2008
  6. Mike HommeyMar 23, 2008
  7. Bruce StephensMar 23, 2008
  8. Mike HommeyMar 23, 2008
  9. Florian WeimerMar 23, 2008
  10. Theodore TsoMar 24, 2008
  11. Björn SteinbrinkMar 24, 2008
  12. Theodore TsoMar 24, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2008
  14. Documentation/git-checkout: Update summary to reflect current abilitiesJulian Phillips, Mar 24, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2008
  16. Documentation/git-checkout: Update summary to reflect current abilitiesJulian Phillips, Mar 24, 2008
  17. Björn SteinbrinkMar 24, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinMar 23, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2008
  20. H. Peter AnvinMar 23, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2008
  22. Daniel BarkalowMar 23, 2008
  23. H. Peter AnvinMar 23, 2008

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