Re: why doesn't "git reset" mention optional pathspec?

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Sat, 8 Dec 2018, Duy Nguyen wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 6:32 PM Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 8 Dec 2018, Duy Nguyen wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 5:08 PM Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   from "man git-reset":
> > > >
> > > > SYNOPSIS
> > > >   git reset [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
> > > >   git reset (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
> > > >   git reset [--soft | --mixed [-N] | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
> > > >
> > > > oddly, the third form says nothing about possible "<paths>", even
> > > > though i'm pretty sure they're valid in that third case (at least
> > > > for "--mixed"). thoughts? is that just an oversight in the man
> > > > page?
> > >
> > > --mixed prints a deprecation warning. I don't think it's worth
> > > making the synopsis more complicated for that. All other modes
> > > reject pathspec.
> >
> >   i just tested this, and i don't see a deprecation warning.
>
> Hmm.. maybe I misread the code. I just tried it
>
> $ ./git reset --mixed HEAD foo
> warning: --mixed with paths is deprecated; use 'git reset -- <paths>' instead.

  my test:

  Changes to be committed:
    (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

  	modified:   README.asc
  	modified:   Rakefile

  $ git reset -- README.asc
  Unstaged changes after reset:
  M	README.asc
  $ git reset --mixed -- Rakefile
  warning: --mixed with paths is deprecated; use 'git reset -- <paths>' instead.
  Unstaged changes after reset:
  M	README.asc
  M	Rakefile
  $

that definitely seems inconsistent.

rday

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