From: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:34:07 GMT
Subject: Re: Proposal: create meaningful aliases for git reset's hard/soft/mixed
Message-ID: <CANiSa6h3Qf=6hw6fzHVw=CeuhnNeq+cuEvwwmVhUaSOcVgCSBA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vlir6brjw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I am guilty of introducing "git reset --soft HEAD^" before I invented
> "commit --amend" during v1.3.0 timeframe to solve the issue "soft" reset
> originally wanted to.

I do use "commit --amend" a lot, but I still appreciate having "reset
--soft". For example, to squash the last few commits:

git reset --soft HEAD^^^ && git commit --amend

or undo "commit --amend":

git reset --soft HEAD@{1} && git commit --amend

Maybe there's a better way of doing that?