Re: why is git destructive by default? (i suggest it not be!)

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


> Sorry
> git-reset --clean -f/-n for removing local changes
> git reset --hard for moving HEAD on a clean tree only

Wouldn't "git reset <commit-ish>" be enough then?  It modifies where
current branch points to (as opposed to git-checkout modifying what is
the current branch), and it modifies index.  What it doesn't modify is
working directory, but it is clean already.

So the solution is: don't use `--hard'.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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