Top "Git-index" questions

Also known as staging area, this is where Git keeps changes made to versioned files and what it uses when it creates a new node in history graph (when you do a commit).

How to uncommit my last commit in Git

How can I uncommit my last commit in git? Is it git reset --hard HEAD or git reset --hard HEAD^ ?

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What are the differences between "git commit" and "git push"?

In a Git tutorial I'm going through, git commit is used to store the changes you've made. What is git …

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"git rm --cached x" vs "git reset head --​ x"?

GitRef.org - Basic: git rm will remove entries from the staging area. This is a bit different from git …

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Undo git update-index --assume-unchanged <file>

The way you Git ignore watching/tracking a particular dir/file. you just run this: git update-index --assume-unchanged <file&…

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Git - Difference Between 'assume-unchanged' and 'skip-worktree'

I have local changes to a file that I don't want to commit to my repository. It is a configuration …

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How can you git add a new file without staging it?

To use git effectively (and as intended) I make small atomic commits, while I do have longer sessions where I …

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Is the Git staging area just an index?

The book Pro Git says that the staging area is just a list, or index, that says which files will …

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git assume unchanged vs skip worktree - ignoring a symbolic link

I have a problems with a git repository and windows. The problem is that the git repository has a linux …

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How to recover `.git/index` locally?

I accidentally deleted .git/index, is there a way to recover it? It's permanently deleted. I haven't committed anything yet.

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git forces refresh index after switching between windows and linux

I have a disk partition (format: NTFS) shared by windows and linux. It contains a git repository(about 6.7G). If …

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