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Re: Mysterious junk in file.... "not commited yet"

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
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Apr 5, 2010, 19:13 UTC
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> wrote:

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>> You might have 'git add'ed the changed line.  Try this:
>>
>>   git checkout HEAD -- <filename>
>
> Hmmm... fixed. I've never even heard of 'git add' before. Why is this
> different to plain old 'checkout' without the HEAD?
>
> Anyway... thanks. Day saved :)

That ends up being a very long story. You should probably read about "staging" files in git in a git tutorial somewhere. :)

Glad I could help.
Have fun,
Avery
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