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Re: seperate commits for objects already updated in index?

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PJPaul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
Date
Mar 14, 2006, 17:04 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0603141703080.5276@sheen.jakma.org>
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> The simplest thing to do is to do
>
> 	git reset
>
> to reset your index back to your HEAD (but obviously DON'T use the "-f"
> flag, which will also force the working tree!).
Ah, of course! (I knew I was being dumb ;) ).
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> Then you can just do
>
> 	git commit -o bar
>
> and everything should be fine, because then git doesn't think you're doing
> something insane.
Yep, thank you!
regards,
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Paul Jakma	paul@clubi.ie	paul@jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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  3. Paul JakmaMar 14, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsMar 14, 2006
  5. Paul JakmaMar 14, 2006
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  8. Paul JakmaMar 15, 2006
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