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git reset cheatsheet

Posted on April 29, 2025

staging is changes that you have added with git add

workingdir is changes that you have not added with git add

git reset --soft [commit]

make the branch point to that commit

• commit = reset
• staging = same
• workingdir = same

git reset --mixed [commit]

(this is the default) make the branch point to that commit, and reset the staging area

• commit = reset
• staging = reset
• workingdir = same

git reset --hard [commit]

make the branch point to that commit, and reset everything, including working directory

• commit = reset
• staging = reset
• workingdir = reset