SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit>]
-'git
-reset' [--mixed] <commit> [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard | --merge] [-q] [<commit>]
+'git
reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
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.
+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.
--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 gitlink:git-status[1] would
+ files "Changes to be committed", as 'git-status' would
put it.
--hard::
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.
+
<commit>::
- Commit to make the current HEAD.
+ Commit to make the current HEAD. If not given defaults to HEAD.
Examples
--------
commit by starting with its log message. If you do not need to
edit the message further, you can give -C option instead.
+
-See also the --amend option to gitlink:git-commit[1].
+See also the --amend option to linkgit:git-commit[1].
Undo commits permanently::
+
+
<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::
+
$ 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...
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
<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::
++
+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
------
-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
--------------
GIT
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite