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# Unstage

## 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 rm a dir 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
  ```