How can I unstage my files again after making a local commit?

Question

I have executed the following command

git add 
git commit -m \"add the foo.java file\"

How can I delete my local commit now

Answer 1

git reset --soft HEAD~1 should do what you want. After this, you'll have the first changes in the index (visible with git diff --cached), and your newest changes not staged. git status will then look like this:

# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)
#
#       modified:   foo.java
#
# Changes not staged for commit:
#   (use "git add ..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- ..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#       modified:   foo.java
#

You can then do git add foo.java and commit both changes at once.