Re: how to revert changes in working tree?

["Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

On 12/6/06, Liu Yubao <yubao.liu@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm confused how to revert changes in working tree:
>
> $ git fetch
> $ git merge "sync with origin" HEAD origin
> ....conflict....

You may want to consider git pull. It'd do exactly the same

> $ git branch
> * master
>   origin
>
> $ git status
> # .....: needs update
> # .....: needs update
> (In fact I never modified anything in this tree, and "git diff"
> showed many difference indeed, very strange).

That's windows and cygwin for you. They work together
and may someday even figure how to commit the changes.

They problem is the exec-bit which windows does not
have and cygwin failed to correctly workaround the
limitation.

Do a "git repo-config core.filemode false" to almost
disable the checks for exec bit.

> I tried "git update-index --refresh", "git reset --hard",
> "git reset --hard master", "git checkout master",
> "git checkout -f master", but "git status" still said same
> as above.

After git update-index --refresh you shouldn't have had
the diffs (unless you actually had textual changes).

> At last, I deleted all files that were reported to be updated
> with "rm -rf", ran "git checkout master" and "git status", then
> git reported:
> #       deleted:    ....
> #       deleted:    ....

Now do a git reset --hard and you should be set,
unless you're unlucky enough to work on FAT,
where probably nothing will save you.

And avoid using any "special" characters (8bit, utf/unicode)
in filenames, while you're on windows: you'll never be able
to share the repository (unless others agree to use your