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Staged a file, but decided you don't want to commit it? We'll show you how to unstage it.
- Let's suppose we've added a
<h1>Sale: 100% off!</h1>element inmedals.html. - We can stage our changes:
git add medals.html - Now suppose we get word that the store manager doesn't want to do the 100% off sale any more. But what can we do? We've already staged the code to announce the sale!
- If we run
git status, we'll see a help message in the output: "usegit reset HEAD <file>...to unstage" - So, let's try that:
git reset HEAD medals.html - If we run
git statusagain, themedals.htmlfile will be back in the "Changes not staged for commit" section.
Now, here's the important thing. You don't have to remember this git reset HEAD command if you don't want to. If you ever have staged changes that you want to unstage, just remember to run git status, and it will show you the command you need to run.
If you'd like to know more about the git reset command, check out this link: Git Reset: Atlassian Git Tutorial
Everybody makes mistakes,
including long time Git users.
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Don't worry,
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Git offers ways to undo almost every
mistake you could possibly make.
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Some of those undo operations are easier
to understand than others, but
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there is almost always an undo.
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Let's suppose we've been
asked to advertise a 100%
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off sale on our site's main page.
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Running git diff shows our changes.
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We've added a level one header
announcing our 100% off sale.
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Let's stage our changes.
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git add medals.html.
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Now suppose we get word that
the store manager doesn't
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want to do the 100% off sale anymore.
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Well, what can we do?
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We've already staged the code
to announce the sale.
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Let's try running git status.
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We'll see our staged medal.html file.
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And the answer to our problem will
be right there in the output.
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It says use git reset HEAD and
the file name to unstage.
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So let's try that.
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git reset HEAD.
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HEAD needs to be in all caps, medals.html.
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Now let's run git status again.
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And we'll see that there's no more
changes to the committed section.
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Instead, the medals.html file is back in
the changes not staged for commit section.
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Normally, files transition from the
modified to the staged state, but we've
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just taken a staged file and transitioned
it back to the modified state.
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Now, here's the important
part to remember.
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You don't have to remember this git
reset HEAD command if you don't want to.
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If you ever have staged changes
that you want to unstage,
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just remember to run git status, and it
will show you the command you need to run.
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If you'd like to know more
about the git reset command,
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we'll have more info in
the teacher's notes.
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