How do i unstage a git commit?

[giraffelife]

Unstaging a git commit means, take it out of the staging area. The status below shows a file in the staging area, you might want to do this to re-edit it, make further changes.

$ git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	modified:   README.md

The output itself tells you what to do, to unstage the file.

$ git reset HEAD README.md
Unstaged changes after reset:
M	README.md
$ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

	modified:   README.md

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")