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How to revert a file in git, pulling from the index/stage?

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Mar 15, 20262394 views
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Problem

Let's say I've staged a file, and then I'm working on that file and want to abandon those changes and pull the copy down from the stage again. How do I do that? I tried but for some reason it unstages the file and keeps my changes in the working dir.

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git reset HEAD

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There is probably an easier way, but this works. And so there is: Even easier. I assumed this got it from HEAD, but I was wrong there.

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