[RFC/PATCH] Document "git-reset --merge"
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:44
The commit log message for the feature made it sound as if this is a saner version of --mixed, but the use case presented makes it clear that it is a better variant of --hard when your changes and somebody else's changes are mixed together. Perhaps we would want to rewrite the example that shows the use of --hard not to talk about recovering from a failed merge? Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted> --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git c/Documentation/git-reset.txt i/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 52aab5e..c542b0c 100644
--- c/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ i/Documentation/git-reset.txt@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>] +'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>] 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>... DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree since <commit> are lost. +--merge:: + Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit, + and updates the files that are different between the named commit + and the current commit in the working tree. + -q:: Be quiet, only report errors.
@@ -152,6 +157,28 @@ tip of the current branch in ORIG_HEAD, so resetting hard to it brings your index file and the working tree back to that state, and resets the tip of the branch to that commit. +Undo a merge or pull inside a dirty work tree:: ++ +------------ +$ git pull <1> +Auto-merging nitfol +Merge made by recursive. + nitfol | 20 +++++---- + ... +$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD <2> +------------ ++ +<1> Even if you may have local modifications in your +working tree, you can safely say "git pull" when you know +that the change in the other branch does not overlap with +them. +<2> After inspecting the result of the merge, you may find +that the change in the other branch is unsatisfactory. Running +"git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD" will let you go back to where you +were, but it will discard your local changes, which you do not +want. "git reset --merge" keeps your local changes. + + Interrupted workflow:: + Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you