[PATCH 2/6] git-reset.txt: reset does not change files in target

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Sep 13, 2010, 08:06 UTC
Message-ID: <9669b7872536d2555d4b2c01560c552d97fdd81b.1284365021.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1284365021.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

git-reset obviously cannot change files in an existing commit. Make it not sound as if it could: reset can change HEAD and, in that sense, can change which state a file in HEAD is in.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
 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 7d68b4c..8fb871c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a
 file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in
 state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft
 target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B
-in the index and in state D in HEAD.
+in the index and set HEAD to target (which has the file in state D).
 
       working index HEAD target         working index HEAD
       ----------------------------------------------------

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