remove changes from a file git code example
Example 1: git discard local changes
# Discarding local changes (permanently) to a file:
git checkout -- <file>
# Discard all local changes to all files permanently:
git reset --hard
Example 2: how to undo a modified file in git
# If you want to revert the changes only in current working directory
git checkout -- .
# discard anything (note: you have to be in the directory
# where all of the changes are located)
# or you can use the command on line 9, you can discard anything
# on the repo
git checkout -- *
git checkout -- :/
# or if you check the git status message after modifying a file
# there is this command
git restore <file>
Example 3: revert unstaged changes git
git checkout -- .