Re: [PATCH] reset: update help text

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> [1] Detailed semantics: for each path listed by "git diff --name-only
>> HEAD <commit>":
>>
>>  * if the worktree, index, and HEAD match, make the index and worktree
>>    match <commit>.
>>
>>  * otherwise, if it is "not easy" to keep local changes, error out.
>>    We are not going to do a three-way merge.  That is,
>>
>>    - if the index matches neither HEAD nor <commit>, error out;
>>    - if the index matches HEAD but not the worktree, error out.
>>
>>  * otherwise, it is "easy", so keep local changes.
>>
>>    - if the index already matches <commit>, leave the index and
>>      worktree alone.
>>    - if the index and worktree match HEAD, make them match the
>>      <commit> instead.
>
> The latter item in the last "otherwise" is the same as the first "if all
> match, move to the one from the named commit", isn't it?

Yes, sorry for the nonsense.