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Re: About detached heads

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Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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Mar 14, 2008, 19:17 UTC
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:11:33 -0700 (PDT) Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:

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> AFAIK the porcelain equivalent to plumbing
> 
>   git read-tree -u -m 3
> 
> is just
> 
>   git checkout 3 -- .
Hi Jakub,
   git checkout .   won't remove paths, so you could end up with extra
state that didn't exist in the earlier commit.
Sean
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  1. Geoff RussellMar 14, 2008
  2. Jonathan del StrotherMar 14, 2008
  3. David KågedalMar 14, 2008
  4. Wincent ColaiutaMar 14, 2008
  5. Matthieu MoyMar 14, 2008
  6. Wincent ColaiutaMar 14, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiMar 14, 2008
  8. Sergei OrganovMar 14, 2008
  9. Adam PiatyszekMar 14, 2008
  10. Chris ShoemakerMar 14, 2008
  11. Rafael Garcia-SuarezMar 14, 2008
  12. Nicolas PitreMar 14, 2008
  13. Jakub NarebskiMar 14, 2008
  14. Linus TorvaldsMar 14, 2008
  15. Björn SteinbrinkMar 14, 2008
  16. Linus TorvaldsMar 14, 2008
  17. Jakub NarebskiMar 14, 2008
  18. SeanMar 14, 2008
  19. Geoff RussellMar 14, 2008
  20. Jakub NarebskiMar 15, 2008
  21. Nicolas PitreMar 15, 2008
  22. Geoff RussellMar 15, 2008

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