Restore or discard changes to working-tree files with git restore

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Documented steps

  1. Discard uncommitted changes to a file, restoring it from the index: git restore <file>. This reverts working-tree edits AND restores a deleted file.
  2. Restore a file from a specific commit: git restore --source=<commit> <file>, e.g. git restore --source HEAD~1 file.c.
  3. Unstage a file (restore the index from HEAD) without touching the working tree: git restore --staged <file>.
  4. Restore both the index and working tree to HEAD: git restore --source=HEAD --staged --worktree <file>.
  5. Restore all files in the current directory: git restore . ; to target the whole tree use git restore :/.
  6. Use --ours / --theirs to pick a side of an unmerged (conflicted) path: git restore --ours <file> or git restore --theirs <file>.

Known gotchas

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