How to commit a single staged file?

Question

I have staged two files file1.js and file2.js but I only want to commit file2.js. How can I do this?

Answer 1

No need to unstage file1.js (assuming you want to keep the changes in this file staged for the next commit), just enter

git commit file2.js

to only commit the changes recorded in file2.js.

Answer 2

Simplest solution: unstage the other (git status tells you how, git reset).