completion: For consistency, change "git rev-parse" to __gitdir calls

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 6abaeac28cb70bcff809c803d732f79630c8046f..abb25d1c00c97144b1f3709e408fe9cad613e623 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ OPTIONS
        switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
        since <commit> are lost.
 
+--merge::
+       Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit,
+       and updates the files that are different between the named commit
+       and the current commit in the working tree.
+
 -q::
        Be quiet, only report errors.
 
@@ -82,7 +87,9 @@ $ git reset --hard HEAD~3   <1>
 +
 <1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad
 and you do not want to ever see them again.  Do *not* do this if
-you have already given these commits to somebody else.
+you have already given these commits to somebody else.  (See the
+"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for
+the implications of doing so.)
 
 Undo a commit, making it a topic branch::
 +
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ Undo a merge or pull::
 $ git pull                         <1>
 Auto-merging nitfol
 CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in nitfol
-Automatic merge failed/prevented; fix up by hand
+Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
 $ git reset --hard                 <2>
 $ git pull . topic/branch          <3>
 Updating from 41223... to 13134...
@@ -150,6 +157,28 @@ tip of the current branch in ORIG_HEAD, so resetting hard to it
 brings your index file and the working tree back to that state,
 and resets the tip of the branch to that commit.
 
+Undo a merge or pull inside a dirty work tree::
++
+------------
+$ git pull                         <1>
+Auto-merging nitfol
+Merge made by recursive.
+ nitfol                |   20 +++++----
+ ...
+$ git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD      <2>
+------------
++
+<1> Even if you may have local modifications in your
+working tree, you can safely say "git pull" when you know
+that the change in the other branch does not overlap with
+them.
+<2> After inspecting the result of the merge, you may find
+that the change in the other branch is unsatisfactory.  Running
+"git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD" will let you go back to where you
+were, but it will discard your local changes, which you do not
+want.  "git reset --merge" keeps your local changes.
+
+
 Interrupted workflow::
 +
 Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you
@@ -175,6 +204,8 @@ $ git reset                                       <3>
 <3> At this point the index file still has all the WIP changes you
     committed as 'snapshot WIP'.  This updates the index to show your
     WIP files as uncommitted.
++
+See also linkgit:git-stash[1].
 
 Reset a single file in the index::
 +