From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:03:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Is there a "git reset --keep <sha1> || git reset --hard <sha1>" alternative?
Message-ID: <xmqqvb3cumpd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACBZZX6k6sFv2GWOzu0Ow1T+5ci2gmMOvaD37bvbm1_qfetr8Q@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

>     $ ls -l INSTALL ; chmod 600 INSTALL ; git reset --hard @{u} ; ls -l INSTALL
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:11 INSTALL
>     HEAD is now at e6ac6e1 Fifth batch for post 2.8 cycle
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:12 INSTALL

A quick question.  What happens when you did this instead?

	chmod 600 INSTALL
        git update-index --refresh
        git reset --hard

Does it match what you want to see?

The reason I ask is because I recall making a deliberate design
decision around this area.