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Re: Reverting an uncommitted revert

From
EREric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
Date
May 20, 2009, 16:55 UTC
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<loom.20090520T165201-657@post.gmane.org>
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<20090520141709.GO30527@spearce.org>
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce <at> spearce.org> writes:
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> You did say "uncommitted entry causes reflog append", so in Peff's
> original example of "git add a; vi a; git add a", we should be
> creating a reflog entry for that first added state, which is clearly
> not a disagreement.
> 
> FWIW, I think this is a great idea, but lack the time to code it
> myself, otherwise I probably would start hacking on it right now.
> 
I for one am very happy to hear to say this.

Git is generally quite safe, but still, there are holes for the unwary. I've fallen into those holes (embarrassingly, more than once), and so any movement towards filling them is quite welcome.

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Message 11 of 28 in “Reverting an uncommitted revert”
  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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