Remove from stage (unstage) (restore to modified)
$ git restore --staged config.pl $ git reset HEAD config.pl Unstaged changes after reset: M README.txt M config.pl $ git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: README.txt modified: config.pl Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) setup.pl no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
$ git reset HEAD will reset all the files currently staged. See also the unstage alias we created earlier.