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Changes for page Getting Started with Git

Last modified by Bastian Triller on 2013/05/21 17:24
From version 177.1
edited by Kieran Kelleher
on 2011/07/25 18:05
Change comment: There is no comment for this version
To version 176.1
edited by Ray Kiddy
on 2011/07/25 00:50
Change comment: git annoyances. are there any? yes, there are.

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128 128  === How to revert? ===
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130 -Reverting is easy:
130 +Reverting seems really complicated. Perhaps the simplicity of "svn revert" has fooled me. For example, say that a bunch of files get changed under you (such as, when eclipse helpfully changes the encoding specified for all the .woo files in a project without saying a word about it), how can you revert them. You might think "git revert" would work, but (if I understand it) that is only for reverting a checkin. Delete the file and do a revert? Nope. I know, svn will do just fine there, but not git. In order to do this, you need:
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132 -{{code}}
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134 -git reset --hard
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136 -{{/code}}
132 +> ##git ls-files --d | xargs git checkout --##
133 +>\\
134 +>>Isn't that intuitive?