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Re: [PATCH 3/4] reset: add option "--merge-dirty" to "git reset"

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Sep 11, 2009, 16:02 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.2.01.0909110859390.3654@localhost.localdomain>
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, Christian Couder wrote:
> 
> No, I realize it was my writing skills that were lacking again. I will 
> rework the commit message using some tables like in Daniel's message.
Ok, thanks.
> > The patch also seems to imply that it's always about HEAD. True?
> 
> Yes.

It might be worth noting/explaining very explicitly. "git reset" uin general does not ever try to make HEAD special - except as a _default_ location, of course, and as the thing that is actually modified.

I realize _why_ (HEAD is kind of the "base" for the index state), but I think it's worth a comment or something. I did a double-take when I saw that part of the diff exactly because it's unusual.

		Linus
Previous: Christian CouderNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 14 of 21 in “"git reset --merge" related improvements”
  1. 0/4 "git reset --merge" related improvementsChristian Couder, Sep 10, 2009
  2. 1/4 reset: add a few tests for "git reset --merge"Christian Couder, Sep 10, 2009
  3. Jakub NarebskiSep 10, 2009
  4. Christian CouderSep 11, 2009
  5. Tony FinchSep 13, 2009
  6. 2/4 reset: use "unpack_trees()" directly instead of "git read-tree"Christian Couder, Sep 10, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  8. Christian CouderSep 11, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  10. Daniel BarkalowSep 11, 2009
  11. 3/4 reset: add option "--merge-dirty" to "git reset"Christian Couder, Sep 10, 2009
  12. Linus TorvaldsSep 10, 2009
  13. Christian CouderSep 11, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsSep 11, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  16. 4/4 reset: add test cases for "--merge-dirty" optionChristian Couder, Sep 10, 2009
  17. Daniel BarkalowSep 10, 2009
  18. Christian CouderSep 11, 2009
  19. Daniel BarkalowSep 11, 2009
  20. Christian CouderSep 15, 2009
  21. Paolo BonziniSep 13, 2009

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