Re: [PATCH] git-revert is one of the most misunderstood command in git, help users out.

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Alejandro Martinez Ruiz <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon 05 Nov 2007, 11:28, Steven Grimm wrote:
>>
>> But that suggested command is not going to convince anyone they were wrong 
>> about git being hard to learn. I wonder if instead of saying, "I know what 
>> you meant, but I'm going to make you type a different command," we should 
>> make git revert just do what the user meant.
>
> I think that would just add to confusion.  "revert" applies to full
> changesets, not single files, plus it creates a new commit, which is
> probably not what the user wants.  Most of them just want to revert some
> local changes to some random files, so teach them what they need, if
> anything.
>
>> There is already precedent for that kind of mixed-mode UI:
>>
>> git checkout my-branch
>> vs.
>> git checkout my/source/file.c
>
> This is a different case: you're basically performing the same
> operation, with the second line applying just to a subset of files.

Huh?  The first one moves HEAD.  The second one doesn't.

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