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Re: Reverting an uncommitted revert

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
May 20, 2009, 03:10 UTC
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<4A136C40.6020808@workspacewhiz.com>
On Tue, 19 May 2009, Joshua Jensen wrote:
> So here's the idea: What if Git, upon a revert change (or git reset --hard
> HEAD), "committed" the changes to be reverted and then did the revert with a
> 'git reset --hard HEAD^'?  The reverted files would be disconnected from a
> branch, but they would be available in the reflog to retrieve.

I think there is indeed some value in having a commit of the work directory dirty state automatically made before this state is discarded, and stuff a reference to that commit in the HEAD reflog. I think such a feature would need to be made configurable and active by default.

Nicolas
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  1. Joshua JensenMay 20, 2009
  2. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  3. Jeff KingMay 20, 2009
  4. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  5. Jeff KingMay 20, 2009
  6. Ping YinMay 20, 2009
  7. Wincent ColaiutaMay 20, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiMay 20, 2009
  9. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceMay 20, 2009
  11. Eric RaibleMay 20, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2009
  13. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  14. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  15. Shawn O. PearceMay 20, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2009
  17. Jakub NarebskiMay 20, 2009
  18. Wincent ColaiutaMay 20, 2009
  19. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  20. Sverre RabbelierMay 20, 2009
  21. Jeff KingMay 20, 2009
  22. Nicolas PitreMay 20, 2009
  23. Sverre RabbelierMay 20, 2009
  24. Jeff KingMay 21, 2009
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2009
  26. write-tree --ignore-cache-treeJunio C Hamano, May 20, 2009
  27. 1/2 cache-tree.c::cache_tree_find(): simplify inernal APIJunio C Hamano, May 21, 2009
  28. 2/2 Optimize "diff-index --cached" using cache-treeJunio C Hamano, May 21, 2009

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