Git Undo Something(2)

git reset HEAD <file>

The basic usage of this command is for unstaging a staged file.
for example:

(base) -a01:testGit $ vim a.txt 
(base) -a01:testGit $ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

	modified:   a.txt

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Figure 1.1

At first, we update a.txt so its status becomes modified and not staged in figure 1.

(base) -a01:testGit $ git add a.txt 
(base) -a01:testGit $ git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	modified:   a.txt

Figure 1.2

Then we run command git add a.txt to stage this file.

(base) -a01:testGit $ git reset HEAD a.txt 
Unstaged changes after reset:
M	a.txt
(base) -a01:testGit $ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

	modified:   a.txt

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Figure 1.3

You can see from the above figure 3, when we run git reset HEAD a.txt , this a.txt 's status comes back to modified and not staged.