GIT-RESET-FILE(1)

💅 git-reset-file — the manual, but make it cute

okay bestie, so this is git-reset-file, from the Git Extras collection, and it does exactly one (1) thing and it does it flawlessly. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

git-reset-file — reset basically just one file. that's it. one file. no vibes were harmed in the making of this reset.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

git-reset-file <filename> [<commit-hash>]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

She takes one file and resets it back to HEAD, or to whatever commit-hash you feel like pointing at. no drama, just a lil time travel for a single file ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• <filename> — the name of the file you wanna reset. the target. the main character. 💖
• <commit-hash> — (optional, so no pressure) the hash of the commit you want to reset the file to. if you don't give her one, she defaults to HEAD. periodt.

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

reset one file back to HEAD, like a lil refresh:

$ git reset-file .htaccess

or reset that same file to one specific commit, because you're being ✨specific✨:

$ git reset-file .htaccess dc82b19

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Sasha Khamkov <sanusart@gmail.com> — icon behaviour, honestly 🫶

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, take it straight to:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras>

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and that's the whole page, no cap 💅 this was GIT-RESET-FILE(1) from the Git Extras girlies, dated May 2026 — go reset a file, you absolute legend 💖✨