Re: Restore a single file in the index back to HEAD

On 10/27/06, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

On the other hand, I designed --index-info to be compatible with
ls-tree output (it is not an accident, it was designed).  In

        git ls-tree HEAD frotz | git update-index --index-info

"frotz" part does not have to be the exact path but can be a
directory name.  It means "revert everything in this directory".

This is quite heavy-handed and you would probably want to run
update-index --refresh afterwards.

I would prefer "git update-index --reset frotz" or "git checkout
--index HEAD frotz". git ls-tree|git update-index is too cryptic for
me and too long for my fingers.
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