From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>,
Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:06:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v8x5bi703.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711061230540.4362@racer.site> (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:32:24 +0000 (GMT)")
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> Well, I think that _if_ we allow "git revert <path>" to mean "revert the
> changes to <path>, relative to the index" (which would be the same as "git
> checkout <path>"), then committing that change just does not make sense.
>
> And it is this behaviour that people are seeking, not "git revert <commit>
> <path>".
Heh, I found this in the recent log somewhere.
<gitte> Really, I wonder how difficult git is for people who are not
brainwashed by cvs/svn, and unfortunately enough, partly by bzr and hg.
<gitte> From a user perspective, you might be correct. But then we have to
add 1000 commands to reflect the English language.
<gitte> Not what I want. [06:46]
I am wondering who said it ;-).
But anyway, I am inclined to agree that accepting "$scm revert
paths.." as a synonym for "git checkout -- paths..."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-06 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-05 19:01 [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:04 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:05 ` J. Bruce Fields
2007-11-05 19:10 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 19:28 ` Steven Grimm
2007-11-05 19:50 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-05 21:54 ` Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
2007-11-05 22:06 ` David Kastrup
2007-11-05 23:41 ` Alejandro Martinez Ruiz
2007-11-05 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-05 23:40 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 0:08 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 2:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 3:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 4:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 8:49 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 9:29 ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-06 9:37 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 12:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 18:06 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-11-06 18:27 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 19:39 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 22:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 20:06 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-06 20:13 ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-06 21:21 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-06 22:25 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-07 8:16 ` Mike Hommey
2007-11-07 11:08 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-07 19:32 ` Robin Rosenberg
2007-11-07 20:01 ` Jakub Narebski
2007-11-07 9:03 ` David Kastrup
2007-11-06 11:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-06 11:51 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-11-06 12:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 12:25 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-11-06 12:48 ` Pierre Habouzit
2007-11-06 17:43 ` Wincent Colaiuta
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