Re: "stg reset --status" doesn't just reset status

On 2008-04-01 22:21:24 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:

This time I decided to see what "stg reset --status" actually does,
and I was unpleasantly surprised that it would do much more that its
name implies.

It doesn't just reset the status (no idea what it would be, but it
doesn't sound scary). It removes all local changes. It's essentially
"git reset --hard". I can easily imagine that some beginner would
lose valuable changes by following that advice while trying to
update from the upstream repository.

I would hate to suggest another stg command, as there are too many
of them already. On the other hand, if "applied" and "unapplied" are
downgraded to switches for "stg series", we probably could justify
adding one more command, "stg reset". By the way, the default could
be to save the changes to a hidden "stash" patch, and the "--hard"
switch would do a real reset.

(I assume "stg reset --status" is just a typo for "stg status
--reset"?)

I'd be fine with removing status --reset, but since there is currently
no other way to do this in StGit, I expect Catalin would object. (As I
recall, that's precisely what happened when I did try to remove it
some time ago.)

I'm currently (slowly) working on an "stg reset" command that'll be
able to reset the stack to any prior state. It could be made to reset
to the most recent recorded state if no extra argument is given, which
I think would make it do what you want.

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