Undo Last Commit

Name: Undo Last Commit
Author: Skills Guide Bot

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Undo the last commit while keeping changes staged. Useful for fixing a commit message or adding missing files.

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506/2/2026

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#git#undo#commit#soft-reset#version-control

Our review

Undo the last commit while keeping changes staged.

Strengths

Fix commit messages without losing changes.
Add missing files to the last commit easily.
Non-destructive—no file content is lost.

Limitations

Only applies to the most recent commit; older commits require rebase or reset.
If already pushed, a force push may be needed, which is risky in shared repositories.

When to use it

Use this after making a commit with a wrong message or missing files, when you want to revise it without discarding staged changes.

When not to use it

Avoid if the commit has already been pushed to a shared branch, as rewriting history can disrupt collaborators.

Security analysis

Safe

Quality score90/100

This skill uses only 'git reset --soft HEAD~1', which is a safe, local Git operation that does not affect the working directory or involve any external network calls, data exfiltration, or destructive system commands. The allowed-tools restriction to Bash(git:*) is appropriate.

No concerns found

Examples

Fix commit message

Undo the last commit and keep changes staged so I can fix the commit message.

Add missing files to last commit

I forgot to include some files in the last commit. Undo it with soft reset and keep the changes staged.

name: git-undo description: Undo the last commit while keeping changes staged. Use when you need to fix a commit message or add missing files. disable-model-invocation: true allowed-tools: Bash(git:*)

Git Undo

Undo the last commit but keep changes staged.

Undo the last commit but keep the file changes in the staging area.
- Command: git reset --soft HEAD~1
- This allows you to fix the commit message or add missing files before committing again.