How do you discard changes in one file?

[metov]

Say I have a lot of unstaged changes in a repo. I have a file or subdir selected in the Files window. How do I do the equivalent of git reset foo/bar/ or git checkout foo/bar/ so I can throw away changes on that file/dir only? I've seen the d and D options but they all seem to apply to the whole directory, not just a path.

[mark2185]

If you want to discard just a specific file, move the cursor to the file.

d discard whatever is under the cursor, it's as if you wrote git checkout -- <thing under cursor>. If it's a directory, it'll discard that directory. If it's a file, it'll discard that file.

[sebkolind]

Ah, I thought Discard all changes meant that it would discard all unstaged changes. Then I thought that maybe it should be reworded, but then I realised that the "header" of the popup window includes the specific file that you are doing the discard operation on.

[metov]

That's what I thought as well, which is why I asked the question. I'm not illiterate :D But the option is worded as if it will nuke my entire working tree instead of just the one file.

IMO it should really be renamed to say discard changes in file because that's what it actually does.

[mark2185]

That is stated in the current master. There's a little tooltip below the menu window that says "Discard both staged and unstaged changes in ."

[markojak]

haha I just found this thread because I was too scared to select "Discard all changes"