Hi and thx for the reply, actually I'am reading the docs and investigating ... so up now there is no harm.
But your solution I already knew. What I asked for was "... without knowing its name ..." and without discarding local modified files i.e. an equivalent to "cvs update". thx On Sep 6, 12:14 pm, Konstantin Khomoutov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:44:18 -0700 (PDT) > > tombert <[email protected]> wrote: > > I perform some changes in several files, then I delete two files > > because I want to discard those changes. > > > rm myfile1.txt > > rm myfile2.txt > > > Is there a way of bringing back those files with knowing its name? > > > I could use "git checkout ." but this would discard changes in the > > other files ... > > git checkout -- myfile1.txt myfile2.txt > > Actually, this is what Git tells you do do when you run `git status` > so pay close attention to this output. > > Note that that `git checkout` encantation is what you should have used > in the first place instead of deleting the files. > > > I'am looking for an equivaltent of "cvs update". > > It's way better to instead start with some book on Git to have > appropriate mindset before you devle into serious work with Git. > It's one of those cases where knowledge of CVS might do more harm than > good. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
