From 6086ff65dfcf48237bdac6c64a85bef5d34d5b4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Haenel Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 21:58:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch' Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis. Also include a better explanation of this option and additionally refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation. Helped-by: Jeff King Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 8481f9db7..b2832fc7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git reset' [-q] [] [--] ... -'git reset' --patch [] [--] [...] +'git reset' [--patch|-p] [] [--] [...] 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [] DESCRIPTION @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go. and (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied in reverse to the index. + -This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see -linkgit:git-add[1]). +This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e. +you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode'' +section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode. 'git reset' [--] []:: This form resets the current branch head to and -- 2.11.0