On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:38:52PM -0400, David Abrahams wrote: > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#how-to-check-out > covers "git reset" way too early, IMO, before one has the conceptual > foundation necessary to understand what it means to "modify the current > branch to point at v2.6.17". If this operation must be covered this > early in the manual, it should probably not be until > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#manipulating-branches I agree; we should suggest just a git-checkout (to a detached HEAD) instead, though that needs a little explanation so people aren't scared by the warning message it gives. I also have a longstanding todo to experiment with rewriting the beginning to use detached heads more and defer branch management till later. --b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html