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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in
  git, help users out.
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:21:18 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 06:27:54PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> >> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> 
> >> > 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 ;-).
> >> 
> >> Now, that is not fair, using my own words against me ;-)
> >
> >   That's very funny actually :]
> 
> Yeah, it was doubly funny after I saw you posted a list of "$scm revert" 
> and Dscho still sided with you in that thread.

Hey, I had my nice 5 minutes for the day, so give me a break!

;-)

Ciao,
Dscho