Re: 'git checkout -f' versus 'git reset --hard'

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On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 08:36:09AM -0500, Bill Lear wrote:

> After a failed merge, I want to undo things.  I typically use git
> reset --hard, and it works like a charm.  Others have tried to use git
> checkout -f, but I have cautioned that git reset --hard is really the
> way to do it.  Is there a difference here, or are they equivalent?

Skimming through the code (and looking at the output of sh -x), it looks
like both just end up executing git-read-tree --reset -u $HEAD.

-Peff
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