From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>, git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: EasyGit Integration
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:40:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqzlcgxid5.fsf@bauges.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906091535410.6847@localhost.localdomain> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Tue\, 9 Jun 2009 15\:40\:35 -0700 \(PDT\)")
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> I would not object to
>
> - old behavior: revert the commit by creating an "anti-commit":
>
> git revert <cmit-name>
>
> - new extension: revert the state of the working tree to the HEAD:
>
> git revert [--] pathspec
>
> which would kind of match the semantics of "git checkout" does.
That's subjective, but I would find this more misleading than the
current behavior. To me, that would let beginners think that both
commands do similar things, and then "why the hell does git revert
HEAD^^ create a commit while git revert -- foo.c doesn't???"-kind of
questions.
my 2 cents,
--
Matthieu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-10 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-09 18:59 EasyGit Integration Scott Chacon
2009-06-09 19:43 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-06-09 19:52 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-06-09 20:37 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-09 20:42 ` Avery Pennarun
2009-06-10 12:13 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-09 20:49 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-10 1:09 ` Miles Bader
2009-06-09 20:12 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-09 20:40 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-09 21:18 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-09 21:27 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-09 21:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-06-09 21:48 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-09 22:00 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-10 12:52 ` Matthieu Moy
2009-06-09 22:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-09 22:30 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-09 22:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-10 0:40 ` Mark Lodato
2009-06-10 3:11 ` Miles Bader
2009-06-10 3:32 ` Theodore Tso
2009-06-10 4:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-10 22:31 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-10 23:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-10 23:57 ` Scott Chacon
2009-06-11 0:15 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-06-11 0:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-11 0:42 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-06-12 20:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-12 21:21 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-06-12 21:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-12 22:05 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-06-12 22:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-13 1:24 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-06-11 0:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-10 4:20 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-10 14:40 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2009-06-10 1:25 ` Sam Vilain
2009-06-10 1:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-06-10 2:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-06-10 2:52 ` Sam Vilain
2009-06-10 6:43 ` Jakub Narebski
2009-06-10 3:27 ` Nicolas Pitre
2009-06-10 20:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-06-10 22:28 ` Elijah Newren
2009-06-10 16:48 ` Scott Chacon
2009-06-10 22:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2009-06-10 22:04 ` Felipe Contreras
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