David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> writes: > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > that has been posted to gmane.comp.version-control.git as well. > > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> But how would you explain "git reset --hard HEAD~24 paths"? >> Does it move HEAD or not (rhetorical: it shouldn't)? > > It doesn't, just like > git checkout HEAD~24 paths > does not move HEAD. > > Simple rule: commands limited to a file subset don't move HEAD. > > Really, I don't see the inconsistency that you seem to find in here. You are right. "git reset --soft <commit> paths..." would have been a much better food-for-thought. - 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
