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git reset --soft vs --mixed vs --hard

All three move your branch back to another commit. --soft keeps the changes staged, --mixed (the default) keeps them in your files but unstaged, and --hard throws them away so your files match that commit exactly.

Step by step

Undo a commit, keep its changes staged:
```
$ git reset --soft HEAD~1
```
Undo a commit, keep its changes unstaged:
```
$ git reset HEAD~1
```
Undo a commit and discard its changes:
```
$ git reset --hard HEAD~1
```
Discard all uncommitted changes:
```
$ git reset --hard
```

	Branch	Staging area	Your files
`--soft`	moves	kept	kept
`--mixed`	moves	reset	kept
`--hard`	moves	reset	reset

Only reset commits you haven't pushed. For pushed commits, use git revert.

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