Git invert staging area

Question

I have got changes in my staging area, and others not staged yet (some files have changes both in and out the staging area). I would like to invert the content of the st

Answer 1

Here’s how I do it:

1. Commit the index to a temporary commit
2. Commit the remainder to a secondary temporary commit
3. Switch the order of the commits with interactive rebase
4. Mixed reset
5. Soft reset

It can be typed out manually pretty fast, especially if you use Vim for commit messages:

git commit -m tmp1
git add . # optionally with `git add -u` if there are deletions
git commit -m tmp2
git rebase -i HEAD~2 # swap the order of the commits; `ddp:wq` in vi
git reset HEAD~1
git reset HEAD~1 --soft