Assume that foo.txt is in the index.
Why doing:
git reset foo.txt
returns 1:
$ echo $?
1
?
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git reset foo.txtreturns zero whenfoo.txthas no unstaged changes after the reset, and one when it does.This allows scripting code to determine if the file in question has been modified since the last commit.