Merge branch 'jn/maint-http-fetch-mingw' into jn/help-everywhere

[git.git] / Documentation / git-reset.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index abb25d1c00c97144b1f3709e408fe9cad613e623..469cf6dbacb8de24b5dd0dd78d63dd9ecc8fbd01 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ the undo in the history.
 If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
 linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend.
 
-The second form with 'paths' is used to revert selected paths in
-the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD.
+The second and third forms with 'paths' and/or --patch are used to
+revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving
+HEAD.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -50,6 +52,15 @@ OPTIONS
        and updates the files that are different between the named commit
        and the current commit in the working tree.
 
+-p::
+--patch::
+       Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index
+       and <commit> (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]).
+
 -q::
        Be quiet, only report errors.