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git reset --merge misdocumented?

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 29, 2009, 01:17 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901290210540.3586@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
Hi,

from the man page I thought that --merge would be just another way to say "git read-tree -u -m".

In particular, the man page says _nothing_ about resetting HEAD to something else.

Maybe somebody with l33ter dox skillz than me would like to fix that.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinJan 29, 2009
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