SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
DESCRIPTION
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If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
linkgit:git-revert[1] is your friend.
-The second form with 'paths' is used to revert selected paths in
-the index from a given commit, without moving HEAD.
+The second and third forms with 'paths' and/or --patch are used to
+revert selected paths in the index from a given commit, without moving
+HEAD.
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.
+
+-p::
+--patch::
+ Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index
+ and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied
+ in reverse to the index.
++
+This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
+linkgit:git-add[1]).
+
-q::
Be quiet, only report errors.
$ git reset --hard <2>
$ git pull . topic/branch <3>
Updating from 41223... to 13134...
-Fast forward
+Fast-forward
$ git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD <4>
------------
+
which is a synonym for "git reset --hard HEAD" clears the mess
from the index file and the working tree.
<3> Merge a topic branch into the current branch, which resulted
-in a fast forward.
+in a fast-forward.
<4> But you decided that the topic branch is not ready for public
consumption yet. "pull" or "merge" always leaves the original
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