From: jari.aalto@cante.net
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Subject: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: (git reset): order options alphabetically
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 20:09:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1291226970-17779-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> (raw)
From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
Documentation/git-reset.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index fd72976..e89956f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -49,21 +49,21 @@ linkgit:git-add[1]).
must be one of the following:
+
--
---soft::
- Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all (but
- resets the head to <commit>, just like all modes do). This leaves
- all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as 'git status'
- would put it.
-
---mixed::
- Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files
- are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not
- been updated. This is the default action.
-
--hard::
Resets the index and working tree. Any changes to tracked files in the
working tree since <commit> are discarded.
+--keep::
+ Resets the index, updates files in the working tree that are
+ different between <commit> and HEAD, but keeps those
+ which are different between HEAD and the working tree (i.e.
+ which have local changes).
+ If a file that is different between <commit> and HEAD has local changes,
+ reset is aborted.
++
+In other words, --keep does a 2-way merge between <commit> and HEAD followed by
+'git reset --mixed <commit>'.
+
--merge::
Resets the index and updates the files in the working tree that are
different between <commit> and HEAD, but keeps those which are
@@ -75,16 +75,17 @@ linkgit:git-add[1]).
In other words, --merge does something like a 'git read-tree -u -m <commit>',
but carries forward unmerged index entries.
---keep::
- Resets the index, updates files in the working tree that are
- different between <commit> and HEAD, but keeps those
- which are different between HEAD and the working tree (i.e.
- which have local changes).
- If a file that is different between <commit> and HEAD has local changes,
- reset is aborted.
-+
-In other words, --keep does a 2-way merge between <commit> and HEAD followed by
-'git reset --mixed <commit>'.
+--mixed::
+ Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., 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
+ resets the head to <commit>, just like all modes do). This leaves
+ all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as 'git status'
+ would put it.
+
--
If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
--
1.7.2.3
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