On Sunday, January 06, 2013 17:45:29 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > I get these tidbits of commands - git idioms - all the time, and I > forget them because I don't use them frequently. I don't see why it's a > crime to want to define some macros for such idioms instead of > essentially putting that in a text file that I'd be perusing now and then.
If you want to define macros for your personal use, then that's your prerogative, but I don't think that it's a good idea to encourage them by putting them in the repo's .gitconfig file. And in this particular case, git- reset is basic enough and so useful (and so frequently needed in my experience), that while I can understand someone not knowing about it as they're learning, it's the sort of thing that anyone using git on a regular basis should know by heart. My guess would be that part of your problem is the fact that you're functioning primarily in the capacity of an admin and reviewer these days rather than writing code yourself (or at least, if you're writing much code for Phobos and it's related projects, you're not submitting it). And if you're not using git aside from dmd/druntime/Phobos/d-programming-language.org, then it's much easier to forget the commands. - Jonathan M Davis
