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I wasn't looking to un-add everything, just ONE specific file.
– oz10
Commented Dec 9, 2009 at 22:35
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Also helpful if you don't have any previous commits. In absence of previous commit, git reset HEAD <file> would say fatal: Failed to resolve 'HEAD' as a valid ref.
– Priya Ranjan Singh
Commented Jun 2, 2013 at 3:46
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No, this adds a deletion of everything in your current directory. Very different to just unstaging changes.
– Mark Amery
Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 1:33

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