Re: Restore a single file in the index back to HEAD

[Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>]

> > I would prefer "git update-index --reset frotz" or "git checkout
> > --index HEAD frotz". git ls-tree|git update-index is too cryptic for
> > me and too long for my fingers.
>
> Then perhaps you can use "git checkout HEAD frotz", which is the
> simplest?

Doesn't that update the working directory as well as the index?  My original 
question was addressed perfectly with the point at the "--index-info" switch. 
However, before I asked here I was looking at the man page for update-index 
looking for something like

  git-update-index --reset $FILE

I suppose, if it were being implemented it should be

  git-update-index --reset $COMMIT $FILE

Incidentally, this wouldn't be exactly the same as
  
  git-ls-tree $COMMIT $FILE | git-update-index --index-info

because the git-ls-tree version needs to be run from the root of the working 
directory (this bit me when I first ran it) while the 
(imaginary) "git-update-index --reset" would not.


Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE