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Re: [Request] Git reset should be able to ignore file permissions

From
HWHilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 19, 2013, 16:40 UTC
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On 19 June 2013 01:00, Alexander Nestorov <alexandernst@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ok, this is how it looks. If everything is ok, I'm sending it to the ML
>
> From 262bdfb5cc84fec7c9b74dc92bb604f9d168ef9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Alexander Nestorov <alexandernst@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:42 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] Add example for reseting based on content changes instead of
>  stat changes
>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-reset.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
> index a404b47..da639e9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
> @@ -289,6 +289,18 @@ $ git reset --keep start                    <3>
>  <3> But you can use "reset --keep" to remove the unwanted commit after
>      you switched to "branch2".
>
> +Reset only files who's content changed (instead of stat information)::
You should use "whose" here instead of "who's".
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> ++
> +------------
> +$ git update-index --refresh               <1>
> +$ git reset --hard                         <2>
> +------------
> ++
> +<1> Make Git realize which files actually changed instead of
> +checking out all files whether their content changed or only
> +their mtime changed.
> +<2> Now git reset --hard will checkout only the files that
> +actually changed.
>
>  DISCUSSION
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  1. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  2. Matthieu MoyJun 18, 2013
  3. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJun 18, 2013
  5. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  6. Matthieu MoyJun 18, 2013
  7. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  8. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  9. Matthieu MoyJun 18, 2013
  10. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013
  11. Matthieu MoyJun 19, 2013
  12. Alexander NestorovJun 19, 2013
  13. Matthieu MoyJun 19, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2013
  15. Alexander NestorovJun 20, 2013
  16. Hilco WijbengaJun 19, 2013
  17. John KeepingJun 18, 2013
  18. Alexander NestorovJun 18, 2013

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