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SVN FAQ: svn revert replacement

Subject: SVN FAQ: svn revert replacement

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Florian Weimer· Jul 24, 2007, 13:49 UTC · lore

Just one nit: The correct replacement for "svn revert FILE" seems to be:

  $ git checkout HEAD -- FILE

The current suggestion, "git checkout FILE", does not work if the modifications have been staged with "git add".

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