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Unclear description of git restore -s vs git revert #1042

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astroDimitrios opened this issue Nov 5, 2024 · 0 comments
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Unclear description of git restore -s vs git revert #1042

astroDimitrios opened this issue Nov 5, 2024 · 0 comments

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astroDimitrios commented Nov 5, 2024

How could the content be improved?

In the Reverting a committ challenge there is a paragraph:

The command git revert is different from git restore -s [commit ID] . because git restore returns the files not yet committed within the local repository to a previous state, whereas git revert reverses changes committed to the local and project repositories.

Which is hard to understand, we are considering changing it to:

The command git revert is
different from git restore -s [commit ID] ..
git restore restores files within the local repository to a previous state,
whereas git revert restores the files to a previous state and
adds then commits these changes to the local repository.
So git revert here is the same as git restore -s [commit ID]
followed by git commit -am Reverts: [commit].

So it's clearer what the difference is between the two commands.

Which part of the content does your suggestion apply to?

https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/05-history.html

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