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@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ and resets the tip of the branch to that commit.
Interrupted workflow::
+
-You can get interrupted by an ungent fix request while you are
-still in the middle of a large change. The files in your
+Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you
+are in the middle of a large change. The files in your
working tree are not in any shape to be committed yet, but you
need to get to the other branch for a quick bugfix.
+
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ $ git reset --soft HEAD^ ;# go back to WIP state <2>
$ git reset <3>
<1> This commit will get blown away so a throw-away log message is OK.
-<2> This removes the 'WIP' commit from the commit history, and makes
- your working tree in the state just before you made that snapshot.
+<2> This removes the 'WIP' commit from the commit history, and sets
+ your working tree to the state just before you made that snapshot.
<3> After <2>, the index file still has all the WIP changes you
committed in <1>. This sets it to the last commit you were
basing the WIP changes on.