git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'
Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis. Also include a better explanation of this option and additionally refer the reader to the patch mode description of git-add documentation. Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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[verse]
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'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
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-'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
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+'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
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'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
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DESCRIPTION
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and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied
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in reverse to the index.
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-This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
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-linkgit:git-add[1]).
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+This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e.
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+you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode''
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+section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
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'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
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This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and