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From: Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com>
To: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] RESUBMIT: replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit doc
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:43:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071112044300.GB7595@fawkes> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vsl3c8afm.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 06:27:57PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> I think "changes ... can be removed" risks to give a confused
> mental model that somehow git tracks changes.

I see what you mean. "Changes" shouldn't be the subject here.

> "A file can be
> reverted back to that of the last commit with ..."  would be
> less risky.

On top of that, I somehow still want to make it relevant to that
git-reset instead of git-rm should be used to revert git-add. So how
about this?

Signed-off-by: Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt    |    1 +
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |   13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 963e1ab..63829d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-status[1]
 gitlink:git-rm[1]
+gitlink:git-reset[1]
 gitlink:git-mv[1]
 gitlink:git-commit[1]
 gitlink:git-update-index[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index e54fb12..4b26cae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ EXAMPLES
 --------
 When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
 your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
-called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  Removal
-of a file is staged with gitlink:git-rm[1].  After building the
-state to be committed incrementally with these commands, `git
-commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what
-has been staged so far.  This is the most basic form of the
+called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  A file can be
+reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree,
+to that of the last commit with `git-reset HEAD -- <file>`,
+which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents this file from
+participating in the next commit.  After building the state to
+be committed incrementally with these commands, `git commit`
+(without any pathname parameter) is used to record what has
+been staged so far.  This is the most basic form of the
 command.  An example:
 
 ------------

  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-12  4:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-02  2:17 git rm --cached Jing Xue
2007-11-02 16:13 ` Remi Vanicat
2007-11-02 21:41   ` Jing Xue
2007-11-03  9:39     ` Remi Vanicat
2007-11-04 17:04     ` Matthieu Moy
2007-11-11 14:05 ` Jan Hudec
2007-11-12  0:38   ` [PATCH] replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit doc Jing Xue
2007-11-12  2:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-11-12  4:43       ` Jing Xue [this message]
2007-11-14  8:56         ` [PATCH] RESUBMIT: " Junio C Hamano

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