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		rad_gruchalski on April 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git commands to know just after you get the basics git reset --hard can be pretty destructive when applied at the wrong moment. When reverting changes in selected files, my preferred way is to use git checkout selectively.

saila on April 4, 2020 [–]

Agreed, and there's also git restore now, which might be a bit more intuitive.

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