git-reset.txt: clarify branch vs. branch head
"Change the branch" can be misunderstood to mean "change which branch is checked out". Make it clearer that git-reset changes the branch head of the currently checked out branch. Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index.
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-In the third form, set the current branch to <commit>, optionally
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+In the third form, set the current branch head to <commit>, optionally
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modifying index and worktree to match. The <commit> defaults to HEAD
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in all forms.
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ 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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'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
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- This form points the current branch to <commit> and then
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+ This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and then
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updates index and working tree according to <mode>, which must
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be one of the following:
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