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git-reset.txt: clarify branch vs. branch head

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"Change the branch" can be misunderstood to mean "change which branch is
checked out". Make it clearer that git-reset changes the branch head of
the currently checked out branch.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Michael J Gruber 2010-09-15 22:47:39 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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In the first and second form, copy entries from <commit> to the index.
In the third form, set the current branch to <commit>, optionally
In the third form, set the current branch head to <commit>, optionally
modifying index and worktree to match. The <commit> defaults to HEAD
in all forms.
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
linkgit:git-add[1]).
'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
This form points the current branch to <commit> and then
This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and then
updates index and working tree according to <mode>, which must
be one of the following:
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