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From: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget  <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] doc: reset: unify <pathspec> description
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:56:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7acd8d1-d17a-29bd-44d3-59d425842c10@syntevo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh83hveiz.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

I think I have implemented most suggestions in PatchV2. Thanks!

> Any time I see "... X. This means Y." either in the doc or in the
> proposed log message, I wish the author (not you in this case,
> obviously) thought twice about rewriting so that they do not say one
> thing and immediately have to rephrase it, i.e. either just say Y
> without saying X, or saying X more clearly without having to say Y.
> 
> In this case, however, I think X and Y are related but both relevant.
> The subcommand resets the index entries for chosen paths to match
> what is in the tree-ish, which is the same as restoring from a tree
> to the index.
> 
> It is not quite the opposite of adding to the index from the working
> tree.  In this sequence:
> 
> 	$ edit newfile
> 	$ git add newfile
> 
> and then further
> 
> 	$ edit newfile
> 	$ git add newfile
> 	$ git reset -- newfile
> 
> we are taken back to the state _before_ any of the changes made to
> newfile (in fact, since HEAD does not have newfile, the resulting
> index would not know about it, either).

I am a bit confused, is it correct that you don't expect me to change my 
patches?

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-06 15:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-04 19:26 [PATCH 0/5] Add --pathspec-from-file option for reset, commit Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-04 19:26 ` [PATCH 1/5] pathspec: add new function to parse file Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-05 15:02   ` Phillip Wood
2019-11-05 19:14     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-04 19:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] doc: reset: unify <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  4:01   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy [this message]
2019-11-07  5:46       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-07 11:05         ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-08  3:04           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-04 19:26 ` [PATCH 3/5] reset: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-05 15:03   ` Phillip Wood
2019-11-05 19:22     ` Phillip Wood
2019-11-05 19:36     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-05 16:14   ` Phillip Wood
2019-11-05 19:37     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06  4:40   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-04 19:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] doc: commit: unify <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  4:50   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-07  5:54       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-07 11:39         ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-04 19:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] commit: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-05 16:27   ` Phillip Wood
2019-11-05 19:42     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:56     ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-10 10:42       ` Phillip Wood
2019-12-11 11:43         ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-11 14:27           ` Phillip Wood
2019-12-11 15:06             ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-11 16:14               ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-11 16:20                 ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-12 14:56             ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06  4:51   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-06 15:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Add --pathspec-from-file option for reset, commit Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] parse-options.h: add new options `--pathspec-from-file`, `--pathspec-file-nul` Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] pathspec: add new function to parse file Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19  5:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 16:50       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] doc: reset: unify <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19  6:05     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 16:52       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] reset: support the `--pathspec-from-file` option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: commit: unify <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19  6:16     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 16:53       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-19 17:02       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-06 15:51   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] commit: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19  6:10     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-19 16:56       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-11-19 16:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] Add --pathspec-from-file option for reset, commit Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] parse-options.h: add new options `--pathspec-from-file`, `--pathspec-file-nul` Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] pathspec: add new function to parse file Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] doc: reset: synchronize <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] reset: support the `--pathspec-from-file` option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] doc: commit: synchronize <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-19 16:48     ` [PATCH v3 6/6] commit: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-11-20  4:04     ` [PATCH v3 0/6] Add --pathspec-from-file option for reset, commit Junio C Hamano
2019-11-20  9:22       ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-03 14:02     ` [PATCH v4 00/13] Add --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 01/13] parse-options.h: add new options `--pathspec-from-file`, `--pathspec-file-nul` Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 02/13] pathspec: add new function to parse file Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 03/13] doc: reset: synchronize <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 04/13] reset: support the `--pathspec-from-file` option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 05/13] doc: commit: synchronize <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 06/13] commit: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 07/13] cmd_add: prepare for next patch Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 08/13] add: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 09/13] doc: checkout: remove duplicate synopsis Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 10/13] doc: checkout: fix broken text reference Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 11/13] doc: checkout: synchronize <pathspec> description Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 12/13] doc: restore: " Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 14:02       ` [PATCH v4 13/13] checkout, restore: support the --pathspec-from-file option Alexandr Miloslavskiy via GitGitGadget
2019-12-03 16:55       ` [PATCH v4 00/13] Add " Junio C Hamano
2019-12-03 17:06         ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy
2019-12-04 19:25           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-05 10:43             ` Alexandr Miloslavskiy

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