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Subject: Re: RFC: perhaps a "new file" should not be deleted by "git reset --hard"
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 02:24:51PM -0700, Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com> wrote:
>> My question is why "git reset --hard" can't make a special case for
>> _newly added_ tracked files.  After all, "git status" knows that they're
>> "new files", and "git reset --hard" could realize that wiping them off
>> the face of the earth isn't the most helpful thing possible.
>
> I rarely need this, but I use 'git read-tree -m HEAD' before git reset
> --hard in case I want such a behaviour.

What advantages does "git read-tree -m HEAD" have over "git reset" or
"git rm --cached <file list>"?