for the case of updating a file in index and worktree, or from the index to the worktree. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-reset.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt index 6c94f83..78f3b74 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt @@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ in all forms. + This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add <paths>`. ++ +After running `git reset <paths>` to update the index entry, you can +use linkgit:git-checkout[1] to check the contents out of the index to +the working tree. +Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you +can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the +working tree in one go. 'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]:: Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index -- 1.7.3.rc1.215.g6997c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html