All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p":

What are you saying? That I can dodge bullets? - git reset -p for fun and profit

All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p":

I've been using git reset -p a lot recently and I think it makes sense to clarify what it is that it does because when I first started using it I found it a little confusing. I sometimes realize that an earlier commit contains some change that I don't want, so I want to remove it from the commit. This also works when not rebasing, so for simplicity I'll use an example where the commit to be modified is already HEAD. Previously I would have done: git reset HEAD~1 git add -p git commit -C <treeish> git checkout . Or, in English: take off the HEAD commit, adding it to the working directory add back the parts you want to keep make a new commit using the message from what used to be the HEAD commit throw away the changes you didn't want With git reset -p this process is a little different. Here's what it looks like: git reset -p HEAD~1 git commit --amend -C HEAD git checkout . ...

Full article: http://pivotallabs.com/users/khicks/blog/articles/2114-gi...

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@ColinNewell » 18 May '12, 4pm
RT @xdg: I love git add -p; must learn this, too → Explaining git reset -p [link]
@xdg » 18 May '12, 3pm
I love git add -p; must learn this, too → Explaining git reset -p [link]
@idesaku » 18 May '12, 1am
git reset -p べんり！ / “What are you saying? That I can dodge bullets? - git reset -p” [link]
@JadeRubick » 17 May '12, 3pm
git reset -p lets you remove stuff from previous commits [link]
@pivotallabs » 17 May '12, 4am
All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p": [link]
@JerzeyChil » 16 May '12, 7pm
RT @Yeti_Media: Reset for fun and profit [link]
@krishicks » 16 May '12, 2pm
New @pivotallabs blag post (by me), "git reset -p for fun and profit": [link]
@spazm » 18 May '12, 5pm
RT @xdg: I love git add -p; must learn this, too → Explaining git reset -p [link]
@aadriasola » 17 May '12, 4am
RT @pivotallabs: All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p": [link]
@dzello » 17 May '12, 4am
RT @pivotallabs: All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p": [link]
@barretto_chris » 17 May '12, 4am
RT @pivotallabs: All you ever wanted to know about "git reset -p": [link]
@Yeti_Media » 16 May '12, 7pm
Reset for fun and profit [link]