git-reset.txt: point to git-checkout
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@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add
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<paths>`.
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+After running `git reset <paths>` to update the index entry, you can
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+use linkgit:git-checkout[1] to check the contents out of the index to
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+the working tree.
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+Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you
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+can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the
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+working tree in one go.
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'git reset' --patch|-p [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]::
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Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index