Is there a difference between the rm --cached and reset HEAD commands?

Question

linux

Hello. Who can tell what is the difference between the commands $git rm --cached <file>and $git reset HEAD <file>? I checked it now, they seem to act the same way - they delete the specified files from the index. What's the Difference?

Answer 1

The command $git rm --cached <file>removes the file from being tracked (the status of the file is untracked), the command $git reset HEAD <file>removes the file from the index , but leaves the file in tracked , i.e. it is used to remove the file from being included in the commit in case of an error git add .but leave it under git version control. This is the difference.

Answer 2

The first removes the file from the index but leaves it on disk. Usually done for ignored files that accidentally got into the index.
The second brings the index state of the file to the one that was after the last commit (in fact, it will reset the indexed changes).