On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Bj?rn Steinbrink wrote: > > Hm, that's just squashing revert commit. Squashing can be done via: > git reset --soft HEAD~5 # Or wherever your squashed commit should start > git commit -m "Squashed from HEAD~5 onwards" > > Now the "revert" version of that: > git reset --hard HEAD~5 # Go back to the state that we want > git reset --soft ORIG_HEAD # Move HEAD back, but keep the index as is > git commit -m "Back at the state of HEAD~5" > > AFAICT that should have the same advantages as using read-tree, but > doesn't feel so low-level :-) Umm. The low-level one is a *lot* easier to understand than your "high-level" one, wouldn't you say? And when the low-level plumbing commands are easier, are they not then better porcelain? Linus -- 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
