Git Reset — Free Git & GitHub Tutorial
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TL;DR: Learn Git Reset in Git & GitHub with a free, beginner-friendly tutorial, examples and practice for Indian students on Syllab.in.
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Git Reset in Git & GitHub
git reset moves the branch pointer backwards to an earlier commit. It has three modes: soft (keep changes staged), mixed (keep changes unstaged), and hard (discard all changes). Be careful with hard reset!
Use cases: undo the last commit, unstage files, or go back to an earlier point in history. Soft reset is safest (you don't lose work), hard reset is dangerous (you lose uncommitted changes).
Priya committed a file by mistake. She uses `git reset --soft HEAD~1` to undo the commit but keep the changes, so she can re-commit without that file.
Git Reset — Syntax
git reset --soft HEAD~1 # Undo last commit, keep changes staged git reset --mixed HEAD~1 # Undo last commit, keep changes unstaged git reset --hard HEAD~1 # Undo last commit, discard all changes (DANGER)
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