Unstage a file while keeping its contents.
Git: Unstage a file while keeping its contents inside the disposable repository created by the input setup.
printf 'changed\n' >> lesson.txt
git add -- lesson.txt
git restore --staged -- lesson.txt
git status --shortExpected output EXAMPLE
M lesson.txt
Details
Requires Git and Bash. Run in a disposable practice repository. The test setup below creates the starting files and commits.
Use a disposable practice directory. The setup configures a synthetic author locally for this repository only; it does not change global Git settings.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · git version 2.43.0 · bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
bash -euo pipefail -c <published code>- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
b21a448a261aea3c3655cdd322f96ad327615387583e87cf826532407d20b473- Dependencies
- bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4; coreutils 9.4-3ubuntu6.3
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
git init -q -b main git config user.name 'Practice User' git config user.email 'learner@example.invalid' git config commit.gpgsign false printf 'first\n' > lesson.txt git add lesson.txt git commit -qm 'First lesson'
Observed standard output
M lesson.txt
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.