From 965053b09a2de5687b9098cb05edc9bfbf1d26b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:48:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-reset: Add an example of resetting selected
paths
Signed-off-by: Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
Documentation/git-reset.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 32fd7fe2e6..fac59c9726 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
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>