Managing Files - Git Recipes - page 116

$ git rm --cached -- [filename]
$ git reset -- [filename]

4-2. Staging and committing a modified
file

Problem

You want to modify and commit a file that was already stored in the repository. To be-
come familiar with how this operation is performed you need to use the $ git status and
$ git status -s commands before and after every other command.

Solution

Start a new repository with:

$ cd git-recipes
$ git init 04-02
$ cd 04-02
$ git simple-commit modified

Right now the repository is clean and the working directory contains one file named
modified.txt . The file was created and committed by the $ git simple-
commit alias defined in Recipe 3-11.
Now, follow the procedure:

1. Modify modified.txt file with $ echo Some other text >
modified.txt
2. Check the status of the repository with the $ git status command.
The output:

# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
# (use "git add <file>..." to update what will