Konstantin, thanks.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 06:19:46PM -0700, Allwyn Carvalho wrote:
>
>> I am a git newbie. We recently started using git for one of the
>> projects in our company. Here is a question regarding git reset.
>> Let's say I have done a new pull to update my branch and git log shows
>> the following commits in master: A, B, C, D, E,
>>
>> Let's say I now do a "git reset --hard E". master's HEAD will be E.
>> Great. But now let's say I want to go back to setting master's HEAD
>> to A. Can I simply do "git reset --hard A"?
> Yes.
>
> But note that `git reset --hard` is not something one is expected to use
> to jump between commits in a history: this command repositions the HEAD,
> that is, not merely resets your work tree to the indicated commit but
> first makes the HEAD point to it which is rarely needed).
> If you just want to bring your work tree to the state of a particular
> commit in the history, use `git checkout` (possibly preceded by
> `git stash` if you have a dirty work tree).
>
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