user-manual: reset to ORIG_HEAD not HEAD to undo merge
As Linus pointed out recently on the mailing list, git reset --hard HEAD^ doesn't undo a merge in the case where the merge did a fast-forward. So the rcommendation here is a little dangerous. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>maint
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Or, if you've already commited the merge that you want to throw away,
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$ git reset --hard HEAD^
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$ git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD
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However, this last command can be dangerous in some cases--never
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