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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 that, I’ll just manually do git add "filename".
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asked Nov 1, 2013 at 16:03
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You can unstage files from the index using
git reset HEAD -- path/to/file
Just like git add, you can unstage files recursively by directory and so forth, so to unstage everything at once, run this from the root directory of your repository:
git reset HEAD -- .
Also, for future reference, the output of git status will tell you the commands you need to run to move files from one state to another.
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answered Nov 1, 2013 at 16:10
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Use
git reset
to unstage all the staged files.
answered Sep 12, 2016 at 16:15
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If you’ve already committed a bunch of unwanted files, you can unstage them and tell git to mark them as deleted (without actually deleting them) with
git rm --cached -r .
--cached tells it to remove the paths from staging and the index without removing the files themselves and -r operates on directories recursively. You can then git add any files that you want to keep tracking.
answered Nov 1, 2013 at 16:21
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Now at v2.24.0 suggests
git restore --staged .
to unstage files.
answered Nov 13, 2019 at 5:44
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Use the following to remove a specific file from the staging area:
git restore --staged <individual_file>
Or use the following to remove all the files that are currently staged:
git restore --staged .
In your git bash terminal after adding files to the staging area you can run a git status and the command is displayed for you above the current staged files:
answered Feb 23, 2021 at 12:04
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You could use
git reset HEAD
then add the specific files you want with
git add [directory/]filename
answered Nov 15, 2015 at 21:07
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To remove all files from staging area use –git reset
To remove specific file use –git reset "File path"
answered Jan 20, 2020 at 11:05
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It is very simple:
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To check the current status of any file in the current dir, whether it is staged or not:
git status -
Staging any files:
git add .for all files in the current directorygit add <filename>for specific file -
Unstaging the file:
git restore --staged <filename>
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answered Aug 30, 2020 at 7:31
MUCH SIMPLIFIED ANSWER
Below git commands can remove all files from staging area
git restore --staged .
Or simply you can
git restore -S .
NOTE: Run these commands from you project root directory and don’t forgot the . (dot) at the end!
answered Apr 23 at 11:04
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If unwanted files were added to the staging area but not yet committed, then a simple reset will do the job:
$ git reset HEAD file
# Or everything
$ git reset HEAD .
To only remove unstaged changes in the current working directory, use:
git checkout -- .
answered Mar 10, 2020 at 11:11
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As noted in other answers, you should use git reset. This will undo the action of the git add -A.
Note: git reset is equivalent to git reset --mixed which does this
Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files are preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not been updated. This is the default action. [ git reset ]
answered Mar 18, 2017 at 13:31
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Use “git reset HEAD <file>...” to unstage fils
ex : to unstage all files
git reset HEAD .
to unstage one file
git reset HEAD nameFile.txt
answered Jan 17, 2020 at 14:44
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use
git reset HEAD
This will remove all files from staging area
answered Mar 3, 2020 at 10:46
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You can reset the staging area in a few ways:
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Reset HEAD and add all necessary files to check-in again as below:
git reset HEAD ---> removes all files from the staging area git add <files, that are required to be committed> git commit -m "<commit message>" git push
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answered Aug 2, 2018 at 4:43
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Remove directory from staging area!
git rm –cached <<repo/directory name>>
if this doesn’t work use -f tag
git rm –cached <<repo/directory name>> -f
answered Mar 10 at 7:13
I tried all these method but none worked for me. I removed .git file using rm -rf .git form the local repository and then again did git init and git add and routine commands. It worked.
answered Mar 23, 2018 at 3:04
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