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* [PATCH] git-reset.txt: (git reset): order options alphabetically
@ 2010-12-01 18:09 jari.aalto
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From: jari.aalto @ 2010-12-01 18:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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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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