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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail•com>
Cc: Git <git@vger•kernel.org>, Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily•org>
Subject: Re: Is there a "git reset --keep <sha1> || git reset --hard <sha1>" alternative?
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:03:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqvb3cumpd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACBZZX6k6sFv2GWOzu0Ow1T+5ci2gmMOvaD37bvbm1_qfetr8Q@mail.gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:18:14 +0200")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail•com> writes:

>     $ ls -l INSTALL ; chmod 600 INSTALL ; git reset --hard @{u} ; ls -l INSTALL
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:11 INSTALL
>     HEAD is now at e6ac6e1 Fifth batch for post 2.8 cycle
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:12 INSTALL

A quick question.  What happens when you did this instead?

	chmod 600 INSTALL
        git update-index --refresh
        git reset --hard

Does it match what you want to see?

The reason I ask is because I recall making a deliberate design
decision around this area.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-20 19:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-20 17:18 Is there a "git reset --keep <sha1> || git reset --hard <sha1>" alternative? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2016-04-20 19:03 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-04-20 20:28   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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