On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 02:43, Miles Bader <miles@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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" Do you have suggestions for alternatives for "git reset [ --soft | --merge | --keep ] -- <paths>" too? Since I'm working on this anyway I might roll that in. -- 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