Want to unstage a file in Git? Use the restore command. Other options to have Git remove a file from the staging index have unintended consequences you'd really rather avoid.

Developers can use the git clean command to delete untracked files in a working tree and remove what they don't need from a local repository. Here is how to issue the command and some helpful tips ...

In this video we explore a few options for deleting confidential data from git repositories, both built into the git tool and available as third-party solutions.