Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> It is not quite the opposite of adding to the index from the working >> tree. In this sequence: >> >> $ edit newfile >> $ git add newfile >> >> and then further >> >> $ edit newfile >> $ git add newfile >> $ git reset -- newfile >> >> we are taken back to the state _before_ any of the changes made to >> newfile (in fact, since HEAD does not have newfile, the resulting >> index would not know about it, either). > > I am a bit confused, is it correct that you don't expect me to change > my patches? I do not know if removal of the only-half-correct "This is the opposite of add" should be part of this change, or it should be a separate fix. The half-wrong sentene was not introduced by this patch, so leaving it as-is is OK. It just leaves another thing for us to think about later. Thanks.