"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > But how do you abort a *failed* merge in a situation like Linus's > example? "git reset --hard HEAD" would destroy the unstaged Makefile > change. "All of your work tree changes are easily reproducible" implies you do not mind losing them, Ok? Also "git reset HEAD" (that is, without --hard) would not touch the work tree changes. You need to remove the work-tree cruft left by new files yourself, if you go this route, though. New files are rare enough so it may be more appropriate (and you can "git clean -n $that_subdirectory" to enumerate them). It all depends on your workflow. -- 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