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[PATCH] replace reference to git-rm with git-reset in git-commit doc

From: Jing Xue <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:49
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 03:05:18PM +0100, Jan Hudec wrote:
The message in git-commit suggesting to use 'git rm --cached' to unstage is
just plain wrong. It really should mention 'git reset'.
Hopefully this makes it clearer. I have also updated the faq in wiki to
clarify.

Signed-off-by: Jing Xue <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-add.txt    |    1 +
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |   12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 963e1ab..63829d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-status[1]
 gitlink:git-rm[1]
+gitlink:git-reset[1]
 gitlink:git-mv[1]
 gitlink:git-commit[1]
 gitlink:git-update-index[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index e54fb12..7c63dd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ EXAMPLES
 --------
 When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
 your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
-called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  Removal
-of a file is staged with gitlink:git-rm[1].  After building the
-state to be committed incrementally with these commands, `git
-commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what
-has been staged so far.  This is the most basic form of the
-command.  An example:
+called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  File changes
+previously staged can be removed with `git-reset
+HEAD -- <file>`.  After building the state to be committed
+incrementally with these commands, `git commit` (without any
+pathname parameter) is used to record what has been staged so
+far.  This is the most basic form of the command.  An example:
 
 ------------
 $ edit hello.c
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