Re: C-x v u for added files in vc-git

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:

  > Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:
  > > 3. is exactly the goal for the command, to get rid of unwanted changes!
  > >
  > > So it seems that if we do the sequence:
  > >
  > > git checkout HEAD <file>
  > > git rm --cached <file>
  > >
  > > that take care of all situations.
  > 
  > I don't know _what_ people expect "C-x v u" to do for files that were
  > never committed, .... but the above sequence (specifically, the "git co")
  > seems to reset the file's contents to the contents it had at the time it
  > was added with "git add", in addition to removing it from the list of
  > added files.

That's not good, we need something that just removes it from the index
and keeps the current contents.

  > [What happens with CVS?]

With CVS you are stuck with a file in the "add" state.

With svn, bzr, hg you can use C-x v u to transition from the "add" VC
state to "unregistered".