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Git Restore

Restore

Section titled “Restore”

Purpose

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Discard working tree changes or unstage files using the modern restore command.

Commands

Section titled “Commands”

git restore <file>

  • Discard unstaged changes in a file
  • Use when you want to revert a file to the last committed state
  • Example: git restore README.md

git restore --staged <file>

  • Unstage a file while keeping its local edits
  • Use when the file should not be part of the next commit

git restore --source=<commit> <file>

  • Restore a file from a specific commit
  • Use when recovering an earlier file version without resetting the whole branch

Notes

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  • git restore changes the working tree, so check git status first
  • Restoring a file overwrites local changes in that file

Reference

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