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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
-'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [--soft | --mixed [-N] | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ to HEAD in all forms.
'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...::
This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their
- state at <tree-ish>. (It does not affect the working tree, nor
+ state at <tree-ish>. (It does not affect the working tree or
the current branch.)
+
This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
+
--
--soft::
- Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all (but
+ Does not touch the index file or the working tree at all (but
resets the head to <commit>, just like all modes do). This leaves
all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as 'git status'
would put it.
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files
are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not
been updated. This is the default action.
++
+If `-N` is specified, removed paths are marked as intent-to-add (see
+linkgit:git-add[1]).
--hard::
Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ and changes with these files are distracting.
<2> Somebody asks you to pull, and the changes sounds worthy of merging.
<3> However, you already dirtied the index (i.e. your index does
not match the HEAD commit). But you know the pull you are going
-to make does not affect frotz.c nor filfre.c, so you revert the
+to make does not affect frotz.c or filfre.c, so you revert the
index changes for these two files. Your changes in working tree
remain there.
<4> Then you can pull and merge, leaving frotz.c and filfre.c