Suppose I have the following branches: * branch-1 with commits A - B - C * branch-2 with commits A - B - C - D
Prior to version 1.9, running `git reset --hard D` while branch-1 is checked out will result in changing the current branch HEAD to commit hash D (essentially what update-ref would do).
In 1.9.1 (I haven't tested on 1.9.0 yet), however, running `git reset --hard D` while branch-1 is checked out will result in the following output: $ fatal: Could not parse object 'D'
I assume that this is not an expected change as nothing about changes to the reset command is present in the change log for 1.9.0 or 1.9.0. Is this a bug or was the previous behavior unexpected as well? Either way, it's a regression in terms of what can be expected based on previous version.