“git rm --cached x” vs “git reset head --​ x”?

Question

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git rm will remove entries from the staging area. This is a bit different from git reset HEAD which

Answer 1

git rm --cached file will remove the file from the stage. That is, when you commit the file will be removed. git reset HEAD -- file will simply reset file in the staging area to the state where it was on the HEAD commit, i.e. will undo any changes you did to it since last commiting. If that change happens to be newly adding the file, then they will be equivalent.