Git

Discard All Local Changes in the Working Directory

If you want to discard all uncommitted changes (modifications and untracked files) in your working directory:

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git reset --hard

If you also have untracked files and want to delete them:

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git clean -fd

If you only need to discard changes in a particular file:

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git checkout -- filename

Or, in recent versions of Git:

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git restore filename

To discard all changes in tracked files without affecting untracked files:

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git restore .

If you’ve already added files to the staging area (git add) but haven’t committed yet and want to remove them from there:

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git restore --staged filename

If you’ve made a commit but haven’t pushed it yet:

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git reset --soft HEAD~1

This undoes the last commit while keeping the changes in your working directory.

If you want to undo the commit and delete the changes from the working directory:

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git reset --hard HEAD~1