Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> warning: --mixed with paths is deprecated; use 'git reset -- <paths>' instead > > That sounds helpful. > > We've been saying this form is deprecated since 1.5.4; a better > alternative may be to make this into an error in the next release, > though. On a similar note, how about a more helpful error message for "git reset --hard PATH"? It took me _ages_ to figure out that I needed to do "git checkout PATH" to get that effect... e.g.: $ git reset --hard load-lua.cc fatal: --hard cannot be used with paths; use "git checkout -- <paths> instead" -Miles -- Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think we think. -- 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