[PATCH 2/2] Documentation: Add a usage case of git-reset with path
From: Pieter de Bie <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:14
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Pieter de Bie <redacted> --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 2b24641..39a9d64 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt@@ -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:: ++ +Suppose you have added a file to your index, but later decide you do not +want to add it to your commit. You can remove the file from the index +while keeping your changes with git reset. ++ +------------ +$ git reset -- frotz.c <1> +$ git commit -m "Commit files in index" <2> +$ git add frotz.c <3> +------------ ++ +<1> This removes the file from the index while keeping it in the working + directory. +<2> This commits all other changes in the index. +<3> Adds the file to the index again. + Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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