fast-export: do automatic reencoding of commit messages only if requested

diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 1e81f9c4e6deec2f719098ebad351bc3c073c6cc..d27184260856131f87fc0071c02204c6323b4f69 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ OPTIONS
        started.
 
 --reset::
-        Same as -m, except that unmerged entries are discarded
-        instead of failing.
+       Same as -m, except that unmerged entries are discarded instead
+       of failing. When used with `-u`, updates leading to loss of
+       working tree changes will not abort the operation.
 
 -u::
        After a successful merge, update the files in the work