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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index dc73dca736..c137183574 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ git reset --option target to reset the HEAD to another commit (`target`) with the different reset options depending on the state of the files. +In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a +file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a +file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in +state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft +target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B +in the index and in state D in HEAD. + working index HEAD target working index HEAD ---------------------------------------------------- A B C D --soft A B D @@ -107,12 +114,28 @@ reset options depending on the state of the files. --hard C C C --merge C C C -In these tables, A, B, C and D are some different states of a -file. For example, the last line of the last table means that if a -file is in state B in the working tree and the index, and in a -different state C in HEAD and in the target, then "git reset ---merge target" will put the file in state C in the working tree, -in the index and in HEAD. + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C D --soft B C D + --mixed B D D + --hard D D D + --merge (disallowed) + + working index HEAD target working index HEAD + ---------------------------------------------------- + B C C C --soft B C C + --mixed B C C + --hard C C C + --merge B C C + +"reset --merge" is meant to be used when resetting out of a conflicted +merge. Any mergy operation guarantees that the work tree file that is +involved in the merge does not have local change wrt the index before +it starts, and that it writes the result out to the work tree. So if +we see some difference between the index and the target and also +between the index and the work tree, then it means that we are not +resetting out from a state that a mergy operation left after failing +with a conflict. That is why we disallow --merge option in this case. The following tables show what happens when there are unmerged entries: |