From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Atsushi Nakagawa <atnak@chejz.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Reset by checkout?
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:29:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqvbsj2e6o.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140531144610.754B.B013761@chejz.com> (Atsushi Nakagawa's message of "Sat, 31 May 2014 14:46:12 +0900")
Atsushi Nakagawa <atnak@chejz.com> writes:
> One of the more underrepresented command I use in git use on a regular
> basis is this "reset by checkout". It's what's currently achieved by
> this convoluted expression:
>
> `git checkout -B <current-branch-name> <tree-ish>`
>
> This is such an useful notion that I can fathom why there isn't a better,
> first-tier, alternative.
Hmph. checkout *is* the first-tier way to do this. Why do you even
want to do it via "reset"? Is it because you learned "reset" first
and then learned how "checkout" with various modes all do useful
things?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-02 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-31 5:46 Reset by checkout? Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-05-31 7:03 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-06-01 2:56 ` Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-05-31 7:27 ` Kevin Bracey
2014-06-01 4:26 ` Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-06-01 8:45 ` Kevin Bracey
2014-06-02 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-03 19:48 ` Kevin Bracey
2014-06-03 21:48 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-06-07 4:54 ` Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-06-07 14:52 ` Philip Oakley
2014-06-09 20:12 ` Kevin Bracey
2014-06-07 4:55 ` Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-05-31 10:56 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-31 23:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-06-01 4:58 ` Atsushi Nakagawa
2014-06-02 21:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-06-02 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
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