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Re: Reset by checkout?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 2, 2014, 21:29 UTC
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Atsushi Nakagawa <atnak@chejz.com> writes:
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> One of the more underrepresented command I use in git use on a regular
> basis is this "reset by checkout".  It's what's currently achieved by
> this convoluted expression:
>
>   `git checkout -B <current-branch-name> <tree-ish>`
>
> This is such an useful notion that I can fathom why there isn't a better,
> first-tier, alternative.

Hmph. checkout *is* the first-tier way to do this. Why do you even want to do it via "reset"? Is it because you learned "reset" first and then learned how "checkout" with various modes all do useful things?

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  1. Atsushi NakagawaMay 31, 2014
  2. Andreas SchwabMay 31, 2014
  3. Atsushi NakagawaJun 1, 2014
  4. Kevin BraceyMay 31, 2014
  5. Atsushi NakagawaJun 1, 2014
  6. Kevin BraceyJun 1, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2014
  8. Kevin BraceyJun 3, 2014
  9. Felipe ContrerasJun 3, 2014
  10. Atsushi NakagawaJun 7, 2014
  11. Philip OakleyJun 7, 2014
  12. Kevin BraceyJun 9, 2014
  13. Atsushi NakagawaJun 7, 2014
  14. Felipe ContrerasMay 31, 2014
  15. Felipe ContrerasMay 31, 2014
  16. Atsushi NakagawaJun 1, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2014
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2014

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