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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-12-03 18:00:12 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-12-09 21:42:44 -0800
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Document "git-reset --merge"
The commit log message for the feature made it sound as if this is a saner version of --mixed, but the use case presented makes it clear that it is a better variant of --hard when your changes and somebody else's changes are mixed together. Perhaps we would want to rewrite the example that shows the use of --hard not to talk about recovering from a failed merge? Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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.
@@ -152,6 +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