Fwd: Set the repository as it was on an earlier commit

From: Sergio Belkin <sebelk@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 28, 2009, 05:18 UTC
Message-ID: <8c6f7f450912272118x384cd840j238b39efa9a87a3b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <8c6f7f450912272019t4b9c721dt2630a8d32607013e@mail.gmail.com>

Ooops I wanted to say Santi answer was the best

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From: Sergio Belkin <sebelk@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/12/28
Subject: Re: Set the repository as it was on an earlier commit
To: git@vger.kernel.org

2009/12/26 Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>:

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> Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> writes:
>
>> I don't know if it is possible with porcelain commands, but with
>> plumbing you can:
>>
>> # begin with a clean working dir
>> git read-tree B
>> git commit
>> git reset --hard
>
> I guess
>
> (at the root of the repo)
>
> git checkout B -- .
> # git status if you want to check.
> git commit
>
> does this. The "-- ." part of "git checkout" asks Git to checkout the
> files, but the path limiter prevents it from updating HEAD, so the
> HEAD still points to the tip of the branch.
>
> --
> Matthieu Moy
> http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
>

Sorry but really answer given by Steven was better, because last one omit the case when B had less files that D for example...

Thanks everyone

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