# Reset a file or full

To reset a file to its orginal file (remove your changes to the file abc.txt)

```
# With Git 2.23
git restore abc.txt  

# With older version of git
git checkout -- abc.txt
```

To do full reset a file (reset the file back to original remote format)

```
git checkout @ -- abc.txt

git checkout HEAD -- abc.txt
```

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### **To reset a local branch exactly to the remote**&#x20;

```
git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/master
```


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