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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ghanshyam Thakkar <shyamthakkar001@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] restore: allow --staged on unborn branch
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:06:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqle7wcl7h.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240206230357.1097505-2-shyamthakkar001@gmail.com> (Ghanshyam Thakkar's message of "Wed, 7 Feb 2024 04:33:50 +0530")

Ghanshyam Thakkar <shyamthakkar001@gmail.com> writes:

> Some users expect that being on an unborn branch is similar to having an
> empty tree checked out. However, when running "git restore --staged ."
> on unborn branch having staged changes, the follwing error gets printed,
>
>     fatal: could not resolve HEAD

Sounds like a sensible behaviour---there is no HEAD so there is
nothing to resolve.  With "git resetore --staged ." in such a state,
what did the user try to do?  "git reset" (no other arguments)?

BTW, "follwing" -> "following".

  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-07 16:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-06 23:03 [PATCH] restore: allow --staged on unborn branch Ghanshyam Thakkar
2024-02-07 16:06 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2024-02-07 16:39   ` Ghanshyam Thakkar

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