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Re: Git reset -p on working tree

From
Jeenu V <jeenuv@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 23, 2010, 10:32 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Jeenu V <jeenuv@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:50 PM, knittl <knittl89@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Right now I do this with vimdiff, by applying 'git diff' in reverse.
>>> Wish reset supports -p on working tree operations as well because the
>>> -p framework (of add, and reset) feels good to use.
>>
>>
>> there's `git checkout -p` to selectively remove changes from your working tree.
>> (also `git stash -p` to selectively stash changes temporarily)
>
> Surprised to know that checkout and stash supports it! Thanks a lot
> for pointing out.

I think Git could suggest 'checkout -p' and/or 'stash -p' when user tries to use -p with --{hard,soft,mixed} with reset command (in addition to mentioning that they're incompatible), since relatively new users are used to 'reset' than other commands to reset their working trees.

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Jeenu
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Message 4 of 14 in “Git reset -p on working tree”
  1. Jeenu VNov 23, 2010
  2. knittlNov 23, 2010
  3. Jeenu VNov 23, 2010
  4. Jeenu VNov 23, 2010
  5. knittlNov 23, 2010
  6. Jeenu VNov 23, 2010
  7. Hint at "checkout -p" in the "reset --patch <type>" error messageŠtěpán Němec, Nov 23, 2010
  8. Jeff KingNov 23, 2010
  9. Štěpán NěmecNov 23, 2010
  10. Michael J GruberNov 25, 2010
  11. Jakub NarebskiNov 25, 2010
  12. Michael J GruberNov 25, 2010
  13. Matthieu MoyNov 25, 2010
  14. Jeff KingNov 25, 2010

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