Unstage

• To remove files from stage use reset HEAD where HEAD is the last commit of the current branch. This will unstage the file but maintain the modifications.

bash git reset HEAD <file>

• To revert the file back to the state it was in before the changes we can use:

bash git checkout -- <file>

• To remove a file from disk and repo use git rm and to remove a directory use the -r flag:

sh git rm '*.txt' git rm -r <dirname>

• If we want to remove a file from the repository but keep it on disk, say we forgot to add it to our .gitignore file then use --cache:

sh git rm <filename> --cache