Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Teach how to discard changes in the working directory

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

I would agree that "hint is often given in #git" is an indication that
people do not know "git checkout" to check out the path from the index to
get rid of the change.  I further suspect that "I modified my file and git
status says 'Changed but not updated'; what should I do" may not be asked
often anymore, which might owe the hint we have in status output.  Even
then, I do not necessarily agree that the status output (yes, I am also
questioning the existing hints as well) is the best place to teach these
people.

The approach would lead to insanely long output that reproduces the user
manual, and we should draw the line somewhere.  As I said, I suspect that
what we say is already too chatty.

Having said all that, I'll queue them to see what other people think.