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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-reset.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/reset.c | 4 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 978d8da50..a404b47b7 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. diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c index 921afbe62..6032131a9 100644 --- a/builtin/reset.c +++ b/builtin/reset.c @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ static const char * const git_reset_usage[] = { N_("git reset [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]"), - N_("git reset [-q] <commit> [--] <paths>..."), - N_("git reset --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]"), + N_("git reset [-q] <tree-ish> [--] <paths>..."), + N_("git reset --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]"), NULL }; |