Today I learned that if you need to revert a specific file to its original state, even after commits, or if you want to sync a file with another branch, you can use the git restore command.

The git restore command allows you to revert a file to its previous state or sync it with a different branch. This can be particularly useful when you need to discard changes and align a file with its version from another branch, such as main.

In this example, I want to restore and discard all committed changes in my current branch for a specific file to match the version from the main branch:

git restore --source=main -- main.tf

• git-restore documentation
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