From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:38:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] reset: Better warning message on git reset --mixed <paths>
Message-ID: <AANLkTin3zyPvs3GjOt3=q6dOofFA2ba0sBAzt3=Ka1Wn@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87tymwzjbk.fsf@catnip.gol.com>

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 02:43, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>>  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"

Do you have suggestions for alternatives for "git reset [ --soft |
--merge | --keep ] -- <paths>" too? Since I'm working on this anyway I
might roll that in.