From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 01:42:20 GMT
Subject: Re: why doesn't "git reset" mention optional pathspec?
Message-ID: <xmqqftv75vcz.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8A_vaVUt389O5ABa+vsrVDgo1L3WZzVx+P0qfiaY9=p1w@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Without --mixed, you're using the first form
>
>     git reset [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
>
> which accepts pathspec. If it's not clear, of course patches are welcome.

Yup.  The deprecation is about spelling with "--mixed" when invoking
the "restore these paths out of tree-ish (or HEAD when omitted)
only in the index" mode.  The feature is of course not deprecated
(but it might have been better if it were "git checkout --cached").