From eaf436c09c09a28804697c89f3ff9a7e1ad2361c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:51:16 +0100 Subject: Documentation: improve description of "git reset --keep" Signed-off-by: Christian Couder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 58d9b4c062..645f0c1748 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ OPTIONS and the current commit in the working tree. --keep:: - Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit, - but keep changes in the working tree. Aborts if the reset would - change files that are already modified in the working tree. + Reset the index to the given commit, keeping local changes in + the working tree since the current commit, while updating + working tree files without local changes to what appears in + the given commit. If a file that is different between the + current commit and the given commit has local changes, reset + is aborted. -p:: --patch:: -- cgit v1.2.3