Working with git: git equivalent of "svn up -r..."

[rod]

Try excluding --hard then..

git reset COMMIT

On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
wrote:

>
> > On Nov 25, 2016, at 8:25 AM, rod <rod at pu-gh.com> wrote:
> >
> > Depends what you want to do when you get there really.
> >
> > Disclaimer: --hard will wipe out any changes you have in your WC
> >
> > This will move your current branch to point to that commit...
> >
> > git reset --hard 72164060176afd82227b03e05aede0ce292f093f
> >
> > But this applies to the whole git checkout, not a subtree (as i think i
> remember you could do with svn...)
> >
>
> Thanks, but:
> "I don't want to commit or stash or do anything else to files not in the
> current directory."
>
>
>
>
> > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 2:06 PM Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
> wrote:
> > I just committed an update to the lighttpd port, but now I want to get
> back to the previous version.
> >
> > With svn, I would have done:
> >
> > cd $(port dir lighttpd)
> > svn up -r 151090
> >
> > How do I do this with git?
> >
> > I tried:
> >
> > cd $(port dir lighttpd)
> > git checkout 72164060176afd82227b03e05aede0ce292f093f
> >
> > git complained:
> >
> > error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by
> checkout:
> >         net/curl/Portfile
> > Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
> > Aborting
> >
> > I don't want to commit or stash or do anything else to files not in the
> current directory. I only want the files in the current directory
> temporarily rolled back to a previous state for testing.
> >
>
>
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