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40 questions linked to/from How do I undo 'git add' before commit?
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Undo git add --all [duplicate]
I made a mistake and called git add -all, now all files are added. I did not make a commit and push. How can I undo my action?
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how to undo git add before commit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undo git add before commit
When i was working on my project I accidently added files using the following command
git add file
I haven't yet run
git commit.
How can I undo ...
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Undo multiple file and folder 'git add' [duplicate]
I executed
git add .
and now I want to revert that git add. How can I accomplish that?
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Remove all files for git commit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undo “git add”?
I made the mistake of running:
git add .
Which added important things such as .bashrc. Even though I run:
git rm .
When I run:
git push ...
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Unstage only new files using Git [duplicate]
I've accidentally staged a lot of changes including new files that I do not want to commit.
How can I unstage or reset only the new files?
I am not looking for a script of any kind; I am looking for ...
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What does git add * do and how to undo this [duplicate]
I performed the above command and seemed to lose some files. I want to know how to undo this command and get my files back.
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How do I remove a single file from the staging area (undo git add)?
Situation: I have a Git repository with files already in the index. I make changes to several files, open Git and add these files to my staging area with "git add ."
Question: How do I remove one of ...
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Why there are two ways to unstage a file in Git?
Sometimes git suggests git rm --cached to unstage a file, sometimes git reset HEAD file. When should I use which?
D:\code\gt2>git init
Initialized empty Git repository in D:/code/gt2/.git/
D:\code\...
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How to remove files from git staging area?
I made changes to some of my files in my local repo, and then I did git add -A which I think added too many files to the staging area. How can I delete all the files from the staging area?
After I do ...
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'git status' shows changed files, but 'git diff' doesn't
I've had a look at all similar questions. However, I've double checked and something strange is definitely happening.
On one server (Solaris with Git 1.8.1) I cloned the Git repository then copied ...
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How can you undo the last git add?
Is it possible to unstage the last staged (not committed) change in git? Suppose there were a lot of files in the current branch, some staged, some not. At some point, some foolish programmer ...
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HEAD and ORIG_HEAD in Git
What do these symbols refer to and what do they mean?
(I can't find any explanation in official documentation)
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What is `git restore` and how is it different from `git reset`?
When I want to unstage a staged file, all of my Git tutorials show something like:
$ git add *
$ git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." ...
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Git error, need to remove large file
I am getting this error when I try to push to git and I have no idea how to fix it.
Counting objects: 1239, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (1062/1062), done.
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Commit changes only in one directory in Git
I'm using Git 1.7.4.1 on Mac 10.6.6. From the command line, how do I commit changes in only a single directory? I added the directory by doing:
git add my-dir
but doing
git commit -a
brings up a ...
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