Hi fellow gitters, I have performed a 'git commit' on all 'added' files by mistake and now I want to undo this commit to return to the original state. Here's a more detailed description: 1. I did a 'git status' and there were files which I had 'added' ready for a commit. There were also some changes that had not been 'added' yet. See below: % git status # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 7 commits. # # Changes to be committed: # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) # # modified: cgi-bin/example1.php # modified: cgi-bin/example2.php # modified: example3.php # # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) # # modified: cgi-bin/example4.php # modified: example5.php # 2. I accidentally did a commit for ALL files because I forgot to specify the filename at the end of the commit. e.g. instead of 'commit -m "commit message" example3.php' I did 'commit -m "commit message"'. 3. I googled the problem and it seems everyone has a different way of doing this. (Maybe git is too confusing if everyone has different methods that all work slightly differently!?). Anyway I executed this command: % git commit --amend But I aborted this by exiting my text editor. 4. I then tried: % git reset --hard HEAD~1 5. However now when I do a 'git status' none of the files that were original listed are there. A git status now gives this: # On branch master # Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 7 commits. # nothing to commit (working directory clean) Any ideas how to rectify this issue? I presume the 'git commit --amend' just changes the commit message? I daren't try anything else myself in case I make matters worse. Mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html