From: Tay Ray Chuan Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:18:54 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: say "Reset to" in reflog entries for 'git branch -f' operations Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4BBF159A.1000206@drmicha.warpmail.net> Hi, On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Michael J Gruber wrote: > I know the patch is not large, but one really has to read it after > wondering: Huh? What is branch -f doing now before the patch? To me it > sounded as if it didn't write to the reflog at all. So, how about > > elsewhere, it would make sense to say "Reset to" here as well rather > than "Rest from". Sounds good. > But I also have a functional question: Is "start_from" really the ref > *to* which the branch is reset? I hope reset does it right. (I think you mean "start_name" instead of "start_from".) Well, "start_name" determines where the branch/ref points to. I don't think any branch can "start", except that it can diverge. But that's outside the scope of this patch. -- Cheers, Ray Chuan