"If you want to revert/reset a file, why don't you just use the reset command? That seems like a more direct way than using checkout." Because that's what git

"If you want to revert/reset a file, why don't you just use the reset command? That seems like a more direct way than using checkout." Because that's what git tell you to do when you run "git status" # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)