Right below the “Changes to be committed” text, it says “use git reset HEAD
$ git reset HEAD benchmarks.rb
benchmarks.rb: locally modified
$ git status
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
# (use “git reset HEAD
#
# modified: README.txt
#
# Changes not staged for commit:
# (use “git add
# (use “git checkout —
#
# modified: benchmarks.rb
#
The command is a bit strange, but it works. The
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