Re: `git reset` for delete + intent-to-add doesn't reset

[Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 2:28 PM Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> ```
> git --version
> rm -rf t
> git init t
> cd t
> touch a
> git add a
> git commit -m "add a"
> git rm a
> touch a
> git add --intent-to-add a
> git status --short
> git reset -- a

"git reset" without "-- a" does remove intent-to-add status. I'll look
into whether "reset -- a" should do the same.

> git status --short
> ```
>
> (the git version below is compiled from
> ecbdaf0899161c067986e9d9d564586d4b045d62)
>
> ```
> $ bash -x t.sh
> + git --version
> git version 2.20.GIT
> + rm -rf t
> + git init t
> Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/t/t/.git/
> + cd t
> + touch a
> + git add a
> + git commit -m 'add a'
> [master (root-commit) 95a1815] add a
>  1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 a
> + git rm a
> rm 'a'
> + touch a
> + git add --intent-to-add a
> + git status --short
> DA a
> + git reset -- a
> Unstaged changes after reset:
> A    a
> + git status --short
> DA a
> ```
>
> Even `git reset --intent-to-add -- a` or `git checkout -- a` don't
> seem to clear the `intent-to-add` state
>
> How do I reset the intent-to-add status in this case?
>
> Anthony



-- 
Duy