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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: Add a usage case of git-reset with path

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 16, 2008, 18:40 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> writes:
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> @@ -176,6 +176,23 @@ $ git reset                                       <3>
>      committed as 'snapshot WIP'.  This updates the index to show your
>      WIP files as uncommitted.
>  
> +Reset a single file in the index::

Yeah, an example and description for this relatively new feature has been lacking. Very mucuh appreciated.

By the way, I noticed a leftover from our ancient past.

-- >8 -- [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset:

Since 3368d11 (Remove unnecessary git-rm --cached reference from status output), the status output marks the "Added but not yet committed" section as "Changes to be committed".

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 Documentation/git-reset.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index a4e0a77..b6bcf4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ 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 "Added but not yet committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would
+	files "Changes to be committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would
 	put it.
 
 --hard::
-- 
1.5.4.1.1350.g2b9ee
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  2. 2/2 Documentation: Add a usage case of git-reset with pathPieter de Bie, Feb 16, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2008
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  5. Pieter de BieFeb 16, 2008
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