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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 31ec2076e..6af3a4fdb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -14,19 +14,30 @@ DESCRIPTION Sets the current head to the specified commit and optionally resets the index and working tree to match. +This command is useful if you notice some small error in a recent +commit (or set of commits) and want to redo that part without showing +the undo in the history. + +If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch, +gitlink:git-revert[1] is your friend. + OPTIONS ------- --mixed:: - Like --soft but reports what has not been updated. This is the - default action. + Resets the index but not the working tree (ie, the changed files + are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not + been updated. This is the default action. --soft:: Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but - requires them in a good order. + requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed + files "Updated but not checked in", as gitlink:git-status[1] would + put it. --hard:: Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being - switched to. + switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree + since <commit-ish> are lost. <commit-ish>:: Commit to make the current HEAD. |