Re: [PATCH] reset: Better warning message on git reset --mixed <paths>

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Aug 15, 2010, 02:43 UTC
Message-ID: <87tymwzjbk.fsf@catnip.gol.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vvd7chcj4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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>>  warning: --mixed with paths is deprecated; use 'git reset -- <paths>' instead
>
> That sounds helpful.
>
> We've been saying this form is deprecated since 1.5.4; a better
> alternative may be to make this into an error in the next release,
> though.

On a similar note, how about a more helpful error message for "git reset --hard PATH"? It took me _ages_ to figure out that I needed to do "git checkout PATH" to get that effect...

e.g.:

   $ git reset --hard load-lua.cc
   fatal: --hard cannot be used with paths; use "git checkout -- <paths> instead"

-Miles

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