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How do I discard the changes to a single file and overwrite it with a fresh HEAD copy? I want to do git reset --hard to only a single file.

How can I do the following in Git? My current branch is branch1 and I have made some local changes. However, I now realize that I actually meant to be applying these changes to branch2. Is there a ...

I ended up with a detached head today, the same problem as described in: git push says everything up-to-date even though I have local changes As far as I know I didn't do anything out of the ordinary,...

Using Git version 2.2.0 with unity game engine on OS X, and wanted to commit my code. I added everything and did not get an error message. then commit -m , and got this error message: fatal: ...

What do these symbols refer to and what do they mean? (I can't find any explanation in official documentation)

I'm not sure if this is something supported by Git, but in theory it seems like it should work to me. My workflow often involves my editing of files in multiple branches simultaneously. In other words,...

$ git reset -- <file_path> can reset by path. However, $ git reset (--hard|--soft) <file_path> will report an error like below: Cannot do hard|soft reset with paths.

What are the differences between the following git commands? git diff HEAD git diff HEAD^ git diff --cached or the synonym git diff --staged git diff

We can see difference between repository and working directory with: git diff We can see difference between repository and staging index with: git diff --staged But how do we see difference between ...

It is said in IDEA documentation Select this check box to have IntelliJ IDEA bring the changes staged in the index to your working tree for examination and testing. Can somebody please explain what ...

Every time a file has been staged, Git offers helpful instructions in the event you needed to unstage a file: (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) However the decent Git Tutorials by ...

I'm quite new to Git, and have read the Pro Git book @ http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging. My question is if what I'm doing today is the prefered way to work with ...

I was confused the naming of staging directory (Git Index) in Git. Is there any special meaning such that it is called Index? Why not just called Cache / or Temp directory so that we can understand ...

I have below Git information and I would like to ignore settings of my IDE (Eclipse). modified: myproject/.classpath modified: myproject/.project modified: myproject/.settings/com.google.gdt....

This is not a general question about what '--' does, as in the marked duplicate. This is a git-specific question asking for clarity on what the operational differences are between the mentioned ...