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| author | Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com> | 2013-01-16 10:00:35 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-01-16 12:50:23 -0800 |
| commit | bf44142f5464e913d99f9544787e59fc630f6cc9 (patch) | |
| tree | 867749476b1de07664708018e464b50850907b95 /Documentation/git-reset.txt | |
| parent | 3fde386a40f38dbaa684c17603e71909b862d021 (diff) | |
| download | git-bf44142f5464e913d99f9544787e59fc630f6cc9.tar.gz | |
reset: update documentation to require only tree-ish with paths
When resetting with paths, we no longer require a commit argument, but
only a tree-ish. Update the documentation and synopsis accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-reset.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 978d8da50c..a404b47b7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-sh>] [--] [<paths>...] 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index. +In the first and second form, copy entries from <tree-ish> to the index. In the third form, set the current branch head (HEAD) to <commit>, optionally -modifying index and working tree to match. The <commit> defaults to HEAD -in all forms. +modifying index and working tree to match. The <tree-ish>/<commit> defaults +to HEAD in all forms. -'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...:: +'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...:: This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their - state at <commit>. (It does not affect the working tree, nor + state at <tree-ish>. (It does not affect the working tree, nor the current branch.) + This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the working tree in one go. -'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: +'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index - and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied + and <tree-ish> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied in reverse to the index. + This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. |