git-reset obviously cannot change files in an existing commit. Make it
not sound as if it could: reset can change HEAD and, in that sense, can
change which state a file in HEAD is in.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-reset.txt | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 7d68b4c..8fb871c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ file. For example, the first line of the first table means that if a
file is in state A in the working tree, in state B in the index, in
state C in HEAD and in state D in the target, then "git reset --soft
target" will put the file in state A in the working tree, in state B
-in the index and in state D in HEAD.
+in the index and set HEAD to target (which has the file in state D).
working index HEAD target working index HEAD
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