Re: for newbs = little exercise / tutorial / warmup for windows and other non-sophisticated new Git users :-)

["Zorba" <cr@altmore.co.uk>]

** REPRODUCING Possible bug
rebooted PC, opened a new git bash, and started from scratch - see console 
output below

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Welcome to Git (version 1.6.0.2-preview20080923)


Run 'git help git' to display the help index.
Run 'git help <command>' to display help for specific commands.

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM
$ mkdir swproj

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM
$ cd swproj

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ cat > ABC.txt
ABC

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ cat > BC.txt
BC

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ cat > AC.txt
AC

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ cat > C.txt
C

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls
ABC.txt  AC.txt  BC.txt  C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in w:/GITPLATFORM/swproj/.git/

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git add *a*.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git commit -m "version A"
Created initial commit 2b88490: version A
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 ABC.txt
 create mode 100644 AC.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git tag versionA 2b88

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git rm AC.txt
rm 'AC.txt'

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git add BC.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       deleted:    AC.txt
#       new file:   BC.txt
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git commit -m "version B"
Created commit c1e1cf8: version B
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 AC.txt
 create mode 100644 BC.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git tag versionB c1e1

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git add *c*.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git commit -m "version C"
Created commit 66c62fd: version C
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git tag versionC 66c6

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ rm *.*

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git commit -a -m "version D"
Created commit eee4a13: version D
 3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ABC.txt
 delete mode 100644 BC.txt
 delete mode 100644 C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git tag versionD eee4

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git checkout versionA .

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls
ABC.txt  AC.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ rm *.*

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git checkout versionB .

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls
ABC.txt  AC.txt  BC.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ rm *.*

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git checkout versionC .

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls
ABC.txt  AC.txt  BC.txt  C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ rm *.*

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ git checkout versionD .

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ ls
ABC.txt  AC.txt  BC.txt  C.txt

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ gitk

conorr@KINKLADZE /w/GITPLATFORM/swproj
$ comment: gitk shows that versionA & C are correct, but B & D are wrong