git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'

Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis. Also include a better
explanation of this option and additionally refer the reader to the patch mode
description of git-add documentation.

Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 8481f9db746b70c10a2f20a97a8ef4a68cb56d75..b2832fc7eb809af9865d83cdb20829354165f62e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
 --------
 [verse]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...

-'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
+'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]

 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION


@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go.
        and <commit> (defaults to HEAD).  The chosen hunks are applied
        in reverse to 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]).
+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>]::
        This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and
 
 'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
        This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and