Sets the current head to the specified commit and optionally resets the
index and working tree to match.
+This command is useful if you notice some small error in a recent
+commit (or set of commits) and want to redo that part without showing
+the undo in the history.
+
+If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
+gitlink:git-revert[1] is your friend.
+
OPTIONS
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--mixed::
- Like --soft but reports what has not been updated. This is the
- default action.
+ Resets the index but not the working tree (ie, the changed files
+ are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not
+ been updated. This is the default action.
--soft::
Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but
- requires them in a good order.
+ requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed
+ files "Updated but not checked in", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
+ put it.
--hard::
Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being
- switched to.
+ switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
+ since <commit-ish> are lost.
<commit-ish>::
Commit to make the current HEAD.