Re: About detached heads

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mar 14, 2008, 18:51 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803141150070.3557@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080314183731.GA2994@atjola.homenet>

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Bj?rn Steinbrink wrote:

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> 
> Hm, that's just squashing revert commit. Squashing can be done via:
> git reset --soft HEAD~5    # Or wherever your squashed commit should start
> git commit -m "Squashed from HEAD~5 onwards"
> 
> Now the "revert" version of that:
> git reset --hard HEAD~5      # Go back to the state that we want
> git reset --soft ORIG_HEAD   # Move HEAD back, but keep the index as is
> git commit -m "Back at the state of HEAD~5"
> 
> AFAICT that should have the same advantages as using read-tree, but
> doesn't feel so low-level :-)

Umm. The low-level one is a *lot* easier to understand than your "high-level" one, wouldn't you say?

And when the low-level plumbing commands are easier, are they not then better porcelain?

		Linus