git undo all uncommitted or unsaved changes

Question

I m trying to undo all changes since my last commit  I tried git reset --hard and git reset --hard HEAD after viewing this post  I responds with head is now at 18c3773    but when I look at my local source all the files are still there  What am I missing

User · Accepted Answer

This will unstage all files you might have staged with git add:
```
git reset
```
This will revert all local uncommitted changes (should be executed in repo root):
```
git checkout .
```
You can also revert uncommitted changes only to particular file or directory:
```
git checkout [some_dir|file.txt]
```
Yet another way to revert all uncommitted changes (longer to type, but works from any subdirectory):
```
git reset --hard HEAD
```
This will remove all local untracked files, so only git tracked files remain:
```
git clean -fdx
```
WARNING: -x will also remove all ignored files, including ones specified by .gitignore! You may want to use -n for preview of files to be deleted.

To sum it up: executing commands below is basically equivalent to fresh git clone from original source (but it does not re-download anything, so is much faster):

git reset
git checkout .
git clean -fdx

Typical usage for this would be in build scripts, when you must make sure that your tree is absolutely clean - does not have any modifications or locally created object files or build artefacts, and you want to make it work very fast and to not re-clone whole repository every single time.

User · Answer

What I do is   git add    adding everything  git stash  git stash drop   One liner  git add    amp  amp  git stash  amp  amp  git stash drop

User · Answer

there is also git stash - which  stashes  your local changes and can be reapplied at a later time or dropped if is no longer required  more info on stashing

User · Answer

States transitioning from one commit to new commit  0  last commit i e  HEAD commit 1  Working tree changes  file directory deletion adding modification  2  The changes are staged in index 3  Staged changes are committed   Action for state transitioning  0- gt 1  manual file directory operation 1- gt 2  git add   2- gt 3  git commit -m  xxx    Check diff  0- gt 1  git diff 0- gt 2  git diff --cached 0- gt 1  and 0- gt 2  git diff HEAD last last commit- gt last commit  git diff HEAD  HEAD   Revert to last commit  2- gt 1  git reset 1- gt 0  git checkout        only for tracked files directories actions include modifying deleting tracked files directories  1- gt 0  git clean -fdx      only for untracked files directories action includes adding new files directories  2- gt 1  and 1- gt 0  git reset --hard HEAD   Equivalent of git clone  without re-downloading anything  git reset  amp  amp  git checkout    amp  amp  git clean -fdx

User · Answer

Another option to undo changes that weren t staged for commit is to run  git restore  lt file gt   To discard changes in the working directory

User · Answer

I m using source tree     You can do revert all uncommitted changes with 2 easy steps   1  just need to reset the workspace file status   2  select all unstage files  command  a   right click and select remove    It s that simple  D

User · Answer

Adding this answer because the previous answers permanently delete your changes  The Safe way git stash -u Explanation  Stash local changes including untracked changes  -u flag   The command saves your local modifications away and reverts the working directory to match the HEAD commit  Want to recover the changes later  git stash pop Explanation  The command will reapply the changes to the top of the current working tree state  Want to permanently remove the changes  git stash drop Explanation  The command will permanently remove the stashed entry Link to git stash documentation

User · Answer

For those who reached here searching if they could undo git clean -f -d   by which a file created in eclipse was deleted    You can do the same from the UI using  restore from local history   for ref Restore from local history

User · Answer

git restore  filename path  For example I need to discard my last changes in index html file  git restore  usr myPC folder index html

User · Answer

If you wish to  undo  all uncommitted changes simply run   git stash git stash drop   If you have any untracked files  check by running git status   these may be removed by running   git clean -fdx   git stash creates a new stash which will become stash  0   If you wish to check first you can run git stash list to see a list of your stashes  It will look something like   stash  0   WIP on rails-4  66c8407 remove forem residuals stash  1   WIP on master  2b8f269 Map qualifications stash  2   WIP on master  27a7e54 Use non-dynamic finders stash  3   WIP on blogit  c9bd270 some changes   Each stash is named after the previous commit messsage

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