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Re: "git reset --hard" == "git checkout HEAD" == "git reset --hard HEAD" ???

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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
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Jan 3, 2009, 06:02 UTC
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On 2009-01-02, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> chris@seberino.org writes:
>
>> Does "git reset --hard" == "git checkout HEAD" == "git reset --hard HEAD" ???
>
> No, but "reset --hard" without a commit-ish defaults to HEAD so the first
> one and the last one are equivalent.
>
>> It seems we have 2 ways to blow away work we haven't
>> checked in yet then right?
>
> Wrong.

Strictly as asked, yes, but what if he adds a "-f" to the middle command, making it "git checkout -f HEAD"? Wouldn't that be the same as the others then?

I always thought they were eqvt...
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  4. Junio C HamanoJan 3, 2009
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