Re: Simplify "git reset --hard"

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Mon, 15 May 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> read-tree -u one-way merge fix to check out locally modified paths.
> 
> The "-u" flag means "update the working tree files", but to
> other types of merges, it also implies "I want to keep my local
> changes" -- because they prevent local changes from getting lost
> by using verify_uptodate.  The one-way merge is different from
> other merges in that its purpose is opposite of doing something
> else while keeping unrelated local changes.  The point of
> one-way merge is to nuke local changes.  So while it feels
> somewhat wrong that this actively loses local changes, it is the
> right thing to do.

Ack. On the other hand, I wonder if it might not make sense to have this 
part potentially depend on the "--reset" flag.

That way you wouldn't even have to apologize for it.

		Linus