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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
To: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] git-reset.txt improvements
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:15:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Th0BN=ojA8F-7d-__Fp=+bRvtCi37i5vfy8-o@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1284365021.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> First of all: I've been out of the loop last week, so please forgive me if this
> comes at the wrong phase of a cycle.
>
> I portioned the changes to git-reset.txt and ordered them starting from the
> least controversial, I hope. The descriptions of modes have grown organically
> over time, and this series tries to make them consistent in structure and
> wording, after cleaning up some minor issues. 6/6 is the "meat", so to say.
>
> For the "--merge" description in 6/6: Please double check. I've tried to
> understand the mode from the tables and from the inner works (git read-tre -u -m
> plus carrying over unmerged entries) because I did not understand the original
> description.

My quick read of these changes is that, all around, they are a big
improvement to what I find to be one of git's most confusing man
pages.

j.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-13 22:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-13  8:06 [PATCH 0/6] git-reset.txt improvements Michael J Gruber
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 1/6] git-reset.txt: clarify branch vs. branch head Michael J Gruber
2010-09-14  0:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 2/6] git-reset.txt: reset does not change files in target Michael J Gruber
2010-09-14  0:12   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 3/6] git-reset.txt: reset --soft is not a no-op Michael J Gruber
2010-09-13 22:13   ` Jay Soffian
2010-09-13 23:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 4/6] git-reset.txt: use "working tree" consistently Michael J Gruber
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 5/6] git-reset.txt: point to git-checkout Michael J Gruber
2010-09-14  0:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-13  8:06 ` [PATCH 6/6] git-reset.txt: make modes description more consistent Michael J Gruber
2010-09-14  0:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-15 20:47     ` Michael J Gruber
2010-09-13 22:15 ` Jay Soffian [this message]
2010-09-15 20:47 ` [PATCHv2 0/6] git-reset.txt improvements Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 1/6] git-reset.txt: clarify branch vs. branch head Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 2/6] git-reset.txt: reset does not change files in target Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 3/6] git-reset.txt: reset --soft is not a no-op Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 4/6] git-reset.txt: use "working tree" consistently Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 5/6] git-reset.txt: point to git-checkout Michael J Gruber
2010-09-15 20:47   ` [PATCHv2 6/6] git-reset.txt: make modes description more consistent Michael J Gruber

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