The manual mixed both caret(HEAD^) and tilde (HEAD~N) notation in
examples. This may be xconfusing to new users. The "counting" notation
HEAD~N likely to be grasped more easily because it allow successive
numbering 1, 2, 3 etc.
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <redacted>
---
Documentation/git-reset.txt | 6 +++---
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 15e3aca..c42cd26 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Undo a commit and redo::
+
------------
$ git commit ...
-$ git reset --soft HEAD^ <1>
+$ git reset --soft HEAD~1 <1>
$ edit <2>
$ git commit -a -c ORIG_HEAD <3>
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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ $ git commit ...
$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1>
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+
-<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad
+<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD~1, and HEAD~2) were bad
and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if
you have already given these commits to somebody else.
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ $ git checkout master
$ fix fix fix
$ git commit ;# commit with real log
$ git checkout feature
-$ git reset --soft HEAD^ ;# go back to WIP state <2>
+$ git reset --soft HEAD~1 ;# go back to WIP state <2>
$ git reset <3>
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