Re: About detached heads

On 3/15/08, Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] wrote:

...

        git reset --hard HEAD@{yesterday.at.4pm}

 and it'll magically bring you back to the state you were yesterday at
 4pm.  You need the 6pm state instead?  No problem: just ask for
 yesterday.at.6pm then.

 And before doing the 'reset --hard', you might want to do a simple
 'checkout' beforehand so you can be sure it actually corresponds to what
 you want:

        git checkout HEAD@{yesterday.at.4pm}
        [compile, test, whatever]
        git checkout HEAD@{yesterday.at.6pm}
        [compile, test, whatever]

 and when OK with it, then:

        # return to your master branch (or any other branch)
        git checkout master
        # then reset it to the desired state
        git reset --hard HEAD@{yesterday.at.6pm}



 Nicolas

More useful advice ... many thanks.

Cheers,
Geoff.