[PATCH 2/2] Documentation: Add a usage case of git-reset with path

[Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>]

Signed-off-by: Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
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 Documentation/git-reset.txt |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 2b24641..39a9d64 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ $ git reset                                       <3>
     committed as 'snapshot WIP'.  This updates the index to show your
     WIP files as uncommitted.
 
+Reset a single file in the index::
++
+Suppose you have added a file to your index, but later decide you do not
+want to add it to your commit. You can remove the file from the index
+while keeping your changes with git reset.
++
+------------
+$ git reset -- frotz.c                      <1>
+$ git commit -m "Commit files in index"     <2>
+$ git add frotz.c                           <3>
+------------                                   
++
+<1> This removes the file from the index while keeping it in the working
+    directory.
+<2> This commits all other changes in the index.
+<3> Adds the file to the index again.
+
 Author
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 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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