How do I undo my last git commit but keep the changes?

How it was checked: Reproduced in a scratch repo: after reset --soft the log drops one commit and the file stays staged.

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Fix

Run: git reset --soft HEAD~1 The commit is removed and its changes stay staged, ready to edit and re-commit. Use git reset HEAD~1 (mixed) to keep them unstaged instead. Avoid --hard, which deletes the changes. If the commit was already pushed, prefer git revert <sha>, which adds an undo commit instead of rewriting shared history.

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