What does git reset do

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Last Updated: 2024-04-19

What does reset do, in a nutshell?

It moves current branch to another position, optionally updating staging and the working directory. With no arguments, git reset brings all files back to HEAD, keeping them as they are in the working directory. Basically this just unstages everything.