Re: Feature request: make reset --hard add something to the reflog

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: May 19, 2025, 19:55 UTC
Message-ID: <aCuMshOaqcuwMCpG@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAFAcib_PV4EB-i4PUmTxCx_6LX=8aWDNT_ZPrN0-EDsRwRfi4g@mail.gmail.com>

On 2025-05-19 at 19:45:21, Josh Bleecher Snyder wrote:

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> Hi!
> 
> A feature request:
> 
> I git reset --hard a lot. Every once in a while, it hurts, just
> infrequently enough that I forget the pain and do it again.
> 
> I wish that git reset --hard would silently stash, add to reflog,
> stash drop (or the moral equivalent) and then do the reset. That way I
> could always recover my state post-facto.

I don't know if we want this by default (although I could be convinced that we do), but I think this would actually be a great feature to add via a config option. You are not the only person who has accidentally destroyed data with `git reset --hard` by any stretch of the imagination[0] and this would make that much less painful.

I'm not going to commit to implementing it (although I might do so at some point), but if someone else (or you) wants to do so, I'm sure it would be quite welcome.

[0] I've been contributing to Git for at least seven years and I still occasionally lose data (temporarily or permanently) this way.

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brian m. carlson (they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA