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Re: [RFC/PATCH 4/5] Documentation: reset: describe new "--keep" option

From
Daniel Convissor <danielc@analysisandsolutions.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2010, 17:14 UTC
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<20100102171422.GA19522@panix.com>
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<20100102053934.30066.76552.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 06:39:32AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
> +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
...
> +--keep::
> +	Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit,
> +	but keep changes in the working tree. Aborts if the reset would
> +	change files that are already changes in the working tree.

Grammar suggestion for the last line there. Change "already changes" to "already changed". Or better yet, use a different word, such as "already modified", since "change" based words have been used so many times already in the sentence.

Thanks,
--Dan
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Message 10 of 12 in “add "--keep" option to "git reset"”
  1. 0/5 add "--keep" option to "git reset"Christian Couder, Jan 2, 2010
  2. 1/5 reset: make "reset --merge" discard work tree changes on unmerged entriesChristian Couder, Jan 2, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2010
  4. 2/5 reset: add option "--keep" to "git reset"Christian Couder, Jan 2, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2010
  6. Christian CouderJan 19, 2010
  7. 3/5 reset: add test cases for "--keep" optionChristian Couder, Jan 2, 2010
  8. 4/5 Documentation: reset: describe new "--keep" optionChristian Couder, Jan 2, 2010
  9. Andreas SchwabJan 2, 2010
  10. Daniel ConvissorJan 2, 2010
  11. Christian CouderJan 19, 2010
  12. 5/5 reset: disallow "reset --keep" outside a work treeChristian Couder, Jan 2, 2010

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