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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 8481f9db7..b2832fc7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... -'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] +'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...] 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>] DESCRIPTION @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go. and <commit> (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` (see -linkgit:git-add[1]). +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. +you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. 'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]:: This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and |