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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 6abaeac28c..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. @@ -82,7 +87,9 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1> + <1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if -you have already given these commits to somebody else. +you have already given these commits to somebody else. (See the +"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for +the implications of doing so.) Undo a commit, making it a topic branch:: + @@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ Undo a merge or pull:: $ git pull <1> Auto-merging nitfol CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in nitfol -Automatic merge failed/prevented; fix up by hand +Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. $ git reset --hard <2> $ git pull . topic/branch <3> Updating from 41223... to 13134... @@ -150,6 +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 @@ -175,6 +204,8 @@ $ git reset <3> <3> At this point the index file still has all the WIP changes you committed as 'snapshot WIP'. This updates the index to show your WIP files as uncommitted. ++ +See also linkgit:git-stash[1]. Reset a single file in the index:: + |