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Re: Question about removing changes from the index

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2009, 14:14 UTC
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<slrngoohdp.rak.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>
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On 2009-02-06, Gustav Hållberg <gustav@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering if there's anyone who can recommend a smart way to
> "reset" the index entry for individual files to the contents of HEAD,
> in effect, removing any previous change between HEAD and the index
> (for those files).

err.. 'git reset HEAD -- file'? The man page says "The second form with paths is used to revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD."

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  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 6, 2009
  5. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 6, 2009

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