Reset without losing already committed files
Solution 1
do not use --hard
use --soft
instead.
Thus if you want to remove your latest commit you'd do:
git reset --soft HEAD^
Solution 2
While Alex is very correct, I might be tempted to try a different sequence:
If I wanted the commit on a yet-to-be-born branch:
git branch newbranch
git reset --hard HEAD^
If I wanted the commit on an existing branch:
git checkout otherbranch
git cherry-pick firstbranch
git checkout firstbranch
git reset --hard HEAD^
The full example of Alex's answer
git reset --soft HEAD^
git checkout otherbranch
git commit -am "Message"
Note the last example will fail poorly if the attempt to "float" the change to the other branch fails due to conflicts. You will then need to stash/checkout/apply to get into conflict resolution.
Solution 3
for my case, i prefer using --mixed
instead, after i found this simple explanation
git reset --mixed HEAD^
Comments
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cherrun almost 2 years
When I accidentally committed a file to the wrong branch, I normally use
git reset --hard HEAD~1
. However, using this method I generally lose all the files committed. Is there a way to reset a commit, without losing the edited files?