SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]
-'git
-reset' [--mixed] [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git
reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
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--soft::
Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but
requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed
- files "Added but not yet committed", as linkgit:git-status[1] would
+ files "Changes to be committed", as 'git-status' would
put it.
--hard::
committed as 'snapshot WIP'. This updates the index to show your
WIP files as uncommitted.
+Reset a single file in the index::
++
+Suppose you have added a file to your index, but later decide you do not
+want to add it to your commit. You can remove the file from the index
+while keeping your changes with git reset.
++
+------------
+$ git reset -- frotz.c <1>
+$ git commit -m "Commit files in index" <2>
+$ git add frotz.c <3>
+------------
++
+<1> This removes the file from the index while keeping it in the working
+ directory.
+<2> This commits all other changes in the index.
+<3> Adds the file to the index again.
+
Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation
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GIT
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-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite