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Re: [PATCH] git-reflog.txt: add an EXAMPLES section

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2022, 16:40 UTC
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Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
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> The examples included are based on an email exchange done here between
> a user and a git developer, maybe Junio, I don't remember. The user
> found the explanation useful, as he had a hard time understanding how
> git-reflog worked with branches. I agree that better could be done,
> for example by entering how to recover lost commits, but that was not
> the goal at the moment. Later this is something that it is  always
> possible to do. It is also true that the examples in practice show
> what should already be known with gitrevisions however obviously many
> users cannot find the link between the two, I must imagine

Geez. I did find the examples, especially the use of "4" as a random number pulled out of thin air, vaguely familiar. You seem to mean https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqo7xuif46.fsf@gitster.g/

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  1. git-reflog.txt: add an EXAMPLES sectionElia Pinto, Oct 3, 2022
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 3, 2022
  3. Elia PintoOct 3, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2022
  6. Bagas SanjayaOct 3, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2022

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