From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:45:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rerere.txt: Document forget subcommand
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> +'forget' <pathspec>::
>> +
>> +This resets the conflict resolutions which rerere has recorded for <pathspec>.
>> +
>
> This description is not _incorrect_ per-se, but it does not convey one
> important aspect of the subcommand; unlike "clear" and "gc", "forget" only
> works in the context of the _current_ conflict resolution, just like
> "diff" and "status".
>
> Perhaps s/for <pathspec>/for the current conflict in <pathspec>/ would be
> a sufficient improvement?

Also, pathspec is optional.

j.