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Re: [PATCH] Enable reflogs by default in any repository with a working directory.

From: J. Bruce Fields <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-11 20:46:38

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:41:17PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
New and experienced Git users alike are finding out too late that
they forgot to enable reflogs in the current repository, and cannot
use the information stored within it to recover from an incorrectly
entered command such as `git reset --hard HEAD^^^` when they really
meant HEAD^^ (aka HEAD~2).
Stupid question--I assume a mention in the reflog doesn't count as a
real reference to an object, so they won't save you in the case when you
pruned recently?
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