reset: update documentation to require only tree-ish with paths

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 117e3743a62f59a1b6b57f8a36f4ee938f6e1848..a404b47b7bf80ef85e5f34595044090b7025f32c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
-'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
-'git reset' (--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep) [-q] [<commit>]
+'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-sh>] [--] [<paths>...]
+'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index.
+In the first and second form, copy entries from <tree-ish> to the index.
 In the third form, set the current branch head (HEAD) to <commit>, optionally
-modifying index and working tree to match.  The <commit> defaults to HEAD
-in all forms.
+modifying index and working tree to match.  The <tree-ish>/<commit> defaults
+to HEAD in all forms.
 
-'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...::
+'git reset' [-q] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...::
        This form resets the index entries for all <paths> to their
-       state at <commit>.  (It does not affect the working tree, nor
+       state at <tree-ish>.  (It does not affect the working tree, nor
        the current branch.)
 +
 This means that `git reset <paths>` is the opposite of `git add
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ Alternatively, using linkgit:git-checkout[1] and specifying a commit, you
 can copy the contents of a path out of a commit to the index and to the
 working tree in one go.
 
-'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]::
+'git reset' (--patch | -p) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]::
        Interactively select hunks in the difference between the index
-       and <commit> (defaults to HEAD).  The chosen hunks are applied
+       and <tree-ish> (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`, i.e.
 you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode''
 section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
 
-'git reset' --<mode> [<commit>]::
+'git reset' [<mode>] [<commit>]::
        This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and
        possibly updates the index (resetting it to the tree of <commit>) and
-       the working tree depending on <mode>, which
-       must be one of the following:
+       the working tree depending on <mode>. If <mode> is omitted,
+       defaults to "--mixed". The <mode> must be one of the following:
 +
 --
 --soft::