From: "Björn Steinbrink" <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>
To: chris@seberino.org
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git reset --hard <commit> superfluous?
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:20:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090103122001.GA20199@atjola.homenet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090103011319.GA24149@seberino.org>
On 2009.01.02 17:13:19 -0800, chris@seberino.org wrote:
> David
>
> git reset --hard <commit>
> "resets" the current branch head.
>
> Is this equivalent to deleting the branch
> and doing
>
> git branch <branch> <commit> ??
>
> So "git reset --hard" is syntactic sugar and 'unnecessary' right?
Deleting the branch also deletes the reflog, while using reset adds a
new entry to the reflog. So returning the branch head to its previous
state is pretty trivial if you used reset and might be pretty hard if
you deleted the branch. HEAD's reflog should probably have the right
entry as well, but chances are that it's hidden in a crapload of other
entries, especially if you rebase often.
Björn
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-03 12:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-03 1:13 git reset --hard <commit> superfluous? chris
2009-01-03 6:34 ` Sitaram Chamarty
2009-01-03 12:20 ` Björn Steinbrink [this message]
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