Git: avoid reset --hard, use reset --keep instead (adamj.eu)

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[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Well yeah I think the point is you're human and you might make a mistake.

[-] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Let me live with my mistakes

[-] firelizzard@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Using git reset --keep would just make more work since I'll have to throw away uncommitted changes anyways. Removing uncommitted changes is kind of the whole point, it is called 'reset' after all. If I want to preserve uncommitted changes, I'll either stash them or commit them to a temporary branch. That has the added benefit of adding those changes to the reflog so if I screw up later I'll be able to recover them.

[-] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

~~Waddyamean "that's what backups are for"~~ Sorry, wrong community

[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Not many people back up continuously, so this is still useful.

this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024

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