> > I would prefer "git update-index --reset frotz" or "git checkout > > --index HEAD frotz". git ls-tree|git update-index is too cryptic for > > me and too long for my fingers. > > Then perhaps you can use "git checkout HEAD frotz", which is the > simplest? Doesn't that update the working directory as well as the index? My original question was addressed perfectly with the point at the "--index-info" switch. However, before I asked here I was looking at the man page for update-index looking for something like git-update-index --reset $FILE I suppose, if it were being implemented it should be git-update-index --reset $COMMIT $FILE Incidentally, this wouldn't be exactly the same as git-ls-tree $COMMIT $FILE | git-update-index --index-info because the git-ls-tree version needs to be run from the root of the working directory (this bit me when I first ran it) while the (imaginary) "git-update-index --reset" would not. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE andyparkins@xxxxxxxxx - 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