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tomtrnka
9,780 Pointsgit restore <file>.. to discard changes in working directory
Why does my GIT prompts me to use:
git restore <file>
to discard changes in working directory, when in the video, we use:
git checkout ???
Is the video old? (used with older version of git?).
Steven Vallarsa
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,699 PointsThis is apparently the old syntax for accomplishing this task. I still see in the videos they're using "master" instead of "main" that's been the standard for the past two years, so these videos are pretty old.
2 Answers
Rafael Gomes
6,963 PointsI ran into this same thing and a quick googling led me to understand that 'checkout' is an older way of doing it that also has other actions we haven't learned about at this point in the git course (related to branches). This video should be updated to use 'restore'.
More about it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61130412/what-is-the-difference-between-git-checkout-vs-git-restore-for-reverting-un
Anton Paluykh
8,994 PointsI have the same issues in VS Code. I have checked both variants) They work in the same way.
Alejandra Estefanía Aguilera Ávila
6,865 PointsAlejandra Estefanía Aguilera Ávila
6,865 PointsHi!
I'm also doing this tutorial and I do get the git checkout -- <file> command, so I don't think you're facing a version problem. Maybe you're typing something different?