Luke M

Git notes

2025-02-26

Cheatsheet

Undoing changes

  • git restore: Safely undo changes in the working directory or staging area (Git 2.23).

    • git restore <file>: Discard uncommitted changes in the working directory for a file.

  • git reset: Alters commit history and/or staging area

    • --soft: uncommit changes, changes are left staged (index).
    • --mixed: (default): uncommit + unstage changes, changes are left in working tree.
    • --hard: uncommit + unstage + delete changes, nothing left.

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