How do I remove a single file from the staging area of Git but not remove it from the index or undo

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Published on 2009-10-01T19:24:04Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 12:28 UTC
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Situation: I have a Git repository with files already in the index. I make changes to several files, open Git and add these files to my staging area with "git add ."

Question: How do I remove one of those files from the staging area but not remove it from the index or undo the changes to the file itself?

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