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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index b674866e6d..f445cb38fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] -'git reset' (--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep) [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index. +In the first and second form, copy entries from <tree-ish> to the index. In the third form, set the current branch head (HEAD) to <commit>, optionally -modifying index and working tree to match. The <commit> defaults to HEAD -in all forms. +modifying index and working tree to match. The <tree-ish>/<commit> defaults +to HEAD in all forms. -'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...:: +'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...:: This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their - state at <commit>. (It does not affect the working tree, nor + state at <tree-ish>. (It does not affect the working tree, nor the current branch.) + This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add @@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ 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) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index - and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied + and <tree-ish> (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`, 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. +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 - must be one of the following: + the working tree depending on <mode>. If <mode> is omitted, + defaults to "--mixed". The <mode> must be one of the following: + -- --soft:: |