Skip to content

Commit 63933d8

Browse files
committed
Update README.md
1 parent 10ea125 commit 63933d8

File tree

1 file changed

+14
-14
lines changed

1 file changed

+14
-14
lines changed

README.md

Lines changed: 14 additions & 14 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1-
<b><code>git-uncommit</code></b>: <b>uncommit</b> and <b>recommit</b> commands for Git, undo and save Git commits to patch files
1+
<b><code>git-uncommit</code></b>: Undo git commits to patch files, and reapply them.
22

33
<b><i>git-uncommit</i></b> does exactly what it says: it uncommits the last Git commit, saving the patch.
44

@@ -37,33 +37,33 @@ To run <b><i>git-recommit</i></b> with any saved patch file to reapply it in the
3737
$ git-recommit <patch-file>.patch
3838
````
3939

40-
## Patches
40+
## Patches files
4141

42-
Patches can be readily edited, shared with others and applied in a new order.
42+
Patch files can be readily edited, shared with others and applied in a new order.
4343

44-
Patches are created using ```git format-patch```, and thus can be applied using ```git am```.
44+
The patches are created using ```git format-patch```, and thus can also be applied using ```git am```.
4545

46-
Patches are given readable file names extracted from your commit messages.
46+
Readable file names, extracted from your commit messages, are given to the patch files created.
4747

4848
## Comparison with related Git commands
4949

50-
```git stash``` can sometimes be used for similar purposes as ```git-uncommit```, the differences are:
51-
* ```git stash``` operates on changes to the work tree or index, not already committed changes
52-
* ```git stash``` does not create a patch file, but saves the changes in the Git archive
50+
```git stash``` can sometimes be used for similar purposes as <i>git-uncommit</i>, the differences are:
51+
* <i>git stash</i> operates on changes to the work tree or index, not already committed changes
52+
* <i>git stash</i> does not create a patch file, but saves the changes in the Git archive
5353

5454
```git reset HEAD^``` can also be used to revert the last commit, however the changes are not saved to a patch file, they are either discarded or left in the index or work tree, depending on the options
5555

56-
``STGit```: a tool that can also be used to reorder or edit commits, the main differences are:
57-
* ```STGit``` has a much more complex set of command
58-
* ```STGit``` does not save patch files automatically
56+
```STGit```: a tool that can also be used to reorder or edit commits, the main differences are:
57+
* <i>STGit</i> has a much more complex set of command
58+
* <i>STGit</i> does not save patch files automatically
5959

6060
## Installation
6161

62-
<b><i>git-uncommit</i></b> and <b><i>git-recommit</i></b> are stand-alone shell scripts, simply requiring Git to be installed.
62+
<i>git-uncommit</i> and <i>git-recommit</i> are stand-alone shell scripts, simply requiring Git to be installed.
6363

64-
In a Unix or Linux system, you can quickly install <b><i>git-recommit</i></b> and <b><i>git-uncommit</i></b> by copying the files to ```/usr/local/bin```.
64+
In a Unix or Linux system, you can quickly install ```git-recommit``` and ```git-uncommit``` by copying the files to ```/usr/local/bin```.
6565

66-
Installing ```uni2ascii``` will help <b><i>git-uncommit</i></b> create better filenames for patches, when your commit messages have non-ascii characters.
66+
Installing ```uni2ascii``` will help <i>git-uncommit</i> create better filenames for patches, when your commit messages have non-ascii characters.
6767

6868
## Author and licensing terms
6969

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)