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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reset.txt29
-rw-r--r--builtin-reset.c26
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 2049f3d97b..abb25d1c00 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS
switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
since <commit> are lost.
+--merge::
+ Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit,
+ and updates the files that are different between the named commit
+ and the current commit in the working tree.
+
-q::
Be quiet, only report errors.
@@ -152,6 +157,28 @@ tip of the current branch in ORIG_HEAD, so resetting hard to it
brings your index file and the working tree back to that state,
and resets the tip of the branch to that commit.
+Undo a merge or pull inside a dirty work tree::
++
+------------
+$ git pull <1>
+Auto-merging nitfol
+Merge made by recursive.
+ nitfol | 20 +++++----
+ ...
+$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <2>
+------------
++
+<1> Even if you may have local modifications in your
+working tree, you can safely say "git pull" when you know
+that the change in the other branch does not overlap with
+them.
+<2> After inspecting the result of the merge, you may find
+that the change in the other branch is unsatisfactory. Running
+"git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD" will let you go back to where you
+were, but it will discard your local changes, which you do not
+want. "git reset --merge" keeps your local changes.
+
+
Interrupted workflow::
+
Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you
diff --git a/builtin-reset.c b/builtin-reset.c
index 9514b77f8c..c0cb915c26 100644
--- a/builtin-reset.c
+++ b/builtin-reset.c
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
#include "parse-options.h"
static const char * const git_reset_usage[] = {
- "git reset [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]",
+ "git reset [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]",
"git reset [--mixed] <commit> [--] <paths>...",
NULL
};
+enum reset_type { MIXED, SOFT, HARD, MERGE, NONE };
+static const char *reset_type_names[] = { "mixed", "soft", "hard", "merge", NULL };
+
static char *args_to_str(const char **argv)
{
char *buf = NULL;
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ static inline int is_merge(void)
return !access(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), F_OK);
}
-static int reset_index_file(const unsigned char *sha1, int is_hard_reset, int quiet)
+static int reset_index_file(const unsigned char *sha1, int reset_type, int quiet)
{
int i = 0;
const char *args[6];
@@ -57,9 +60,17 @@ static int reset_index_file(const unsigned char *sha1, int is_hard_reset, int qu
args[i++] = "read-tree";
if (!quiet)
args[i++] = "-v";
- args[i++] = "--reset";
- if (is_hard_reset)
+ switch (reset_type) {
+ case MERGE:
args[i++] = "-u";
+ args[i++] = "-m";
+ break;
+ case HARD:
+ args[i++] = "-u";
+ /* fallthrough */
+ default:
+ args[i++] = "--reset";
+ }
args[i++] = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
args[i] = NULL;
@@ -169,9 +180,6 @@ static void prepend_reflog_action(const char *action, char *buf, size_t size)
warning("Reflog action message too long: %.*s...", 50, buf);
}
-enum reset_type { MIXED, SOFT, HARD, NONE };
-static const char *reset_type_names[] = { "mixed", "soft", "hard", NULL };
-
int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
int i = 0, reset_type = NONE, update_ref_status = 0, quiet = 0;
@@ -186,6 +194,8 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_SET_INT(0, "soft", &reset_type, "reset only HEAD", SOFT),
OPT_SET_INT(0, "hard", &reset_type,
"reset HEAD, index and working tree", HARD),
+ OPT_SET_INT(0, "merge", &reset_type,
+ "reset HEAD, index and working tree", MERGE),
OPT_BOOLEAN('q', NULL, &quiet,
"disable showing new HEAD in hard reset and progress message"),
OPT_END()
@@ -266,7 +276,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (is_merge() || read_cache() < 0 || unmerged_cache())
die("Cannot do a soft reset in the middle of a merge.");
}
- else if (reset_index_file(sha1, (reset_type == HARD), quiet))
+ else if (reset_index_file(sha1, reset_type, quiet))
die("Could not reset index file to revision '%s'.", rev);
/* Any resets update HEAD to the head being switched to,