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| author | Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> | 2008-02-16 17:48:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-16 10:57:05 -0800 |
| commit | 965053b09a2de5687b9098cb05edc9bfbf1d26b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 02ca273df3c3937f225d406d3820d468bccebb49 | |
| parent | ceb4cacb42d16e098672d395050f9e61345c4a19 (diff) | |
| download | git-965053b09a2de5687b9098cb05edc9bfbf1d26b3.tar.gz | |
Documentation/git-reset: Add an example of resetting selected paths
Signed-off-by: Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 32fd7fe2e6..fac59c9726 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -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> |