Documentation/git-reset.txt

   1 git-reset(1)
   2 ============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-reset - Reset current HEAD to the specified state.
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git-reset' [--mixed | --soft | --hard] [<commit-ish>]
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 Sets the current head to the specified commit and optionally resets the
  15 index and working tree to match.
  16
  17 This command is useful if you notice some small error in a recent
  18 commit (or set of commits) and want to redo that part without showing
  19 the undo in the history.
  20
  21 If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
  22 gitlink:git-revert[1] is your friend.
  23
  24 OPTIONS
  25 -------
  26 --mixed::
  27         Resets the index but not the working tree (ie, the changed files
  28         are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not
  29         been updated. This is the default action.
  30
  31 --soft::
  32         Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all, but
  33         requires them to be in a good order. This leaves all your changed
  34         files "Updated but not checked in", as gitlink:git-status[1] would
  35         put it.
  36
  37 --hard::
  38         Matches the working tree and index to that of the tree being
  39         switched to. Any changes to tracked files in the working tree
  40         since <commit-ish> are lost.
  41
  42 <commit-ish>::
  43         Commit to make the current HEAD.
  44
  45 Author
  46 ------
  47 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  48
  49 Documentation
  50 --------------
  51 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  52
  53 GIT
  54 ---
  55 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  56