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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 23 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index a4e0a779de..fac59c9726 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] -'git-reset' [--mixed] [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS --soft:: Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed - files "Added but not yet committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would + files "Changes to be committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would put it. --hard:: @@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ $ git reset <3> committed as 'snapshot WIP'. This updates the index to show your WIP files as uncommitted. +Reset a single file in the index:: ++ +Suppose you have added a file to your index, but later decide you do not +want to add it to your commit. You can remove the file from the index +while keeping your changes with git reset. ++ +------------ +$ git reset -- frotz.c <1> +$ git commit -m "Commit files in index" <2> +$ git add frotz.c <3> +------------ ++ +<1> This removes the file from the index while keeping it in the working + directory. +<2> This commits all other changes in the index. +<3> Adds the file to the index again. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |