-a|--all::
Update all paths in the index file. This flag notices
files that have been modified and deleted, but new files
- you have not told about git are not affected.
+ you have not told git about are not affected.
-c or -C <commit>::
Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
Interrupted workflow::
+
-You can get interrupted by an ungent fix request while you are
-still in the middle of a large change. The files in your
+Suppose you are interrupted by an urgent fix request while you
+are in the middle of a large change. The files in your
working tree are not in any shape to be committed yet, but you
need to get to the other branch for a quick bugfix.
+
$ git reset <3>
<1> This commit will get blown away so a throw-away log message is OK.
-<2> This removes the 'WIP' commit from the commit history, and makes
- your working tree in the state just before you made that snapshot.
+<2> This removes the 'WIP' commit from the commit history, and sets
+ your working tree to the state just before you made that snapshot.
<3> After <2>, the index file still has all the WIP changes you
committed in <1>. This sets it to the last commit you were
basing the WIP changes on.