From: Valentin Haenel Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 18:48:46 GMT Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch' Message-ID: <1304621328-17184-3-git-send-email-valentin.haenel@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <1304621271-17107-1-git-send-email-valentin.haenel@gmx.de> * Include '-p' in the synopsis. * Include a better wording for what 'git reset -p' does. (interactively unstage hunks) * Include a link to the git-add manpage for a description of the patch-mode. Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel Helped-by: Jeff King Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 8481f9d..b6ed0c7 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 unstage 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 -- 1.7.1