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>
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Valentin Haenel 2011-05-05 21:58:18 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
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[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
@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go.
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