Merge 1.5.0.7 in

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 73a0ffc41085e87fbc996fab4baa25ace1951460..5b55cda512bbdb507486ac5d0db0d28e32b1dcb1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit-ish>]
+[verse]
+'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit>]
+'git-reset' [--mixed] <commit> [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ the undo in the history.
 If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
 gitlink: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.
+
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --mixed::
@@ -31,15 +37,15 @@ OPTIONS
 --soft::
        Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but
        requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed
-       files "Updated but not checked in", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
+       files "Added but not yet committed", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
        put it.
 
 --hard::
        Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being
        switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
-       since <commit-ish> are lost.
+       since <commit> are lost.
 
-<commit-ish>::
+<commit>::
        Commit to make the current HEAD.
 
 Examples
@@ -88,11 +94,11 @@ current HEAD.
 <2> Rewind the master branch to get rid of those three commits.
 <3> Switch to "topic/wip" branch and keep working.
 
-Undo update-index::
+Undo add::
 +
 ------------
 $ edit                                     <1>
-$ git-update-index frotz.c filfre.c
+$ git add frotz.c filfre.c
 $ mailx                                    <2>
 $ git reset                                <3>
 $ git pull git://info.example.com/ nitfol  <4>
@@ -115,10 +121,6 @@ Undo a merge or pull::
 +
 ------------
 $ git pull                         <1>
-Trying really trivial in-index merge...
-fatal: Merge requires file-level merging
-Nope.
-...
 Auto-merging nitfol
 CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in nitfol
 Automatic merge failed/prevented; fix up by hand