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@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit-ish>]
+[verse]
+'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit>]
+'git-reset' [--mixed] <commit> [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ the undo in the history.
If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
gitlink:git-revert[1] is your friend.
+The second form with 'paths' is used to revert selected paths in
+the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD.
+
+
OPTIONS
-------
--mixed::
@@ -31,15 +37,15 @@ OPTIONS
--soft::
Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but
requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed
- files "Updated but not checked in", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
+ files "Added but not yet committed", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
put it.
--hard::
Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being
switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
- since <commit-ish> are lost.
+ since <commit> are lost.
-<commit-ish>::
+<commit>::
Commit to make the current HEAD.
Examples