X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=Documentation%2Fgit-revert.txt;h=caa07298a6b6c0ea2fe2257cb2c62fcae2e62d46;hb=bb1dff9def343a7d513eea8f4eaa5fd7d5d3fc5f;hp=271850f51134ee9b991048b5da07775b5dde65fc;hpb=88bbda08d7b9503862a8fb8846d78c67825e5e3d;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index 271850f51..caa07298a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit). +Note: 'git revert' is used to record a new commit to reverse the +effect of an earlier commit (often a faulty one). If you want to +throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you +should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If +you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you +should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the 'git checkout + -- ' syntax. Take care with these alternatives as +both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. + OPTIONS ------- :: @@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ effect to your index in a row. Author ------ -Written by Junio C Hamano +Written by Junio C Hamano Documentation --------------