In message <CAKjsY4nsPNO_kvxeime8qcNrRFykgG2TOYxJ0HKbj2zR5Rwv+Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ryan Wexler writes:
> # Cause git to delete all files in the internal index
> git read-tree --reset -i 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904
> # Cause git to delete all files in the working directory
> git clean -dfx
> The only "magic" is the read-tree/git-clean stuff. �The 4b82�
> value is the SHA of an empty tree. �It could be replaced by
> a:
>
> find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name '.git' -a ! -name '..' -a ! -name '.' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
I have to say that I am lost by the "magic" you describe. I don't
understand what you mean by the 4b82... value should be replaced by
the find | xargs remove all command. That command looks like it just
deletes all the "." file names? But when you say replace I thought
you would mean I need to generate a new value to replace that magic
number?? Confused...
I was just trying to explain what the git-read-tree and git-clean
commands are doing. The long string starting with 4b825d is a special
SHA that git knows represents an empty tree. I was saying that you
*could* (not should) replace the two commands (git-read-tree and
git-clean) with the "find | xargs rm" command I quoted. The two sets
of commands are equivalent.
Also, if you look at the find command, I am finding everything
*except* the .git . and .. directories
-Seth Robertson
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