Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 12 May 2015 20:34:01 -0700 Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: [...] I'm just not understanding the git reset -- it seems to not just change the active branch, and possibly the working tree/cached for commit, but also alters where branch label point. That seems to be non-documented,

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# keybou...@gmail.com / 2015-05-13 07:37:34 -0700: These modes are selected by a special command line option: --soft, --hard or --mixed, with the latter being the default. The --soft option only repositions the branch's tip, This is problem number one. That's pretty much what

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Michael
Well, `git reset` is completely documented in its manual page (try running `git help reset`). I did. But ... These modes are selected by a special command line option: --soft, --hard or --mixed, with the latter being the default. The --soft option only repositions the branch's tip,

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Michael
On 2015-05-13, at 7:54 AM, Roman Neuhauser neuhau...@sigpipe.cz wrote: # keybou...@gmail.com / 2015-05-13 07:37:34 -0700: These modes are selected by a special command line option: --soft, --hard or --mixed, with the latter being the default. The --soft option only repositions the branch's

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Wed, 13 May 2015 08:29:39 -0700 Michael keybou...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Alright, maybe this is my first point of confusion. I thought HEAD is where you are at -- which of those letters you are pointing to. And, it may also be where a branch tip is pointing. If I make a commit while

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-13 Thread Dale R. Worley
Michael keybou...@gmail.com writes: those two sentences say the same thing. HEAD *is* the branch tip pointer, unless it's detached. Alright, maybe this is my first point of confusion. I thought HEAD is where you are at -- which of those letters you are pointing to. And, it may also be

Re: [git-users] Help with git reset, please.

2015-05-12 Thread Dale R. Worley
Michael keybou...@gmail.com writes: keybounceMBP:config michael$ git commit -m First test [animalAging 0653a0b] First test 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+) create mode 100644 HarderWildlife.cfg keybounceMBP:config michael$ gitk --all ^C keybounceMBP:config michael$ git commit