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From: Steven Walter <stevenrwalter@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: why is git destructive by default? (i suggest it not be!)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:21:05 -0400
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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 08:04:30PM -0000, David Jeske wrote:
> I'm not talking about switching "git reset --hard" to "git reset -f". I'm
> talking about requiring a "-f" option to "git reset --hard" when it would
> destroy or dangle information.

I think you're asking for something like the following...
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