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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 927ecee..b674866 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] -'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' (--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep) [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the working tree in one go. -'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied in reverse to the index. + -This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see -linkgit:git-add[1]). +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. +you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. -'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]:: +'git reset' --<mode> [<commit>]:: This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and possibly updates the index (resetting it to the tree of <commit>) and the working tree depending on <mode>, which @@ -397,15 +398,6 @@ entries: X means any state and U means an unmerged index. - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |