diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index f586cee..3e849a6 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ check_for_changes() {
 # Discard any changes to a particular set of files.
 vcs_reset() {
 	if [ ${SC_VCS%-svn} = git ]; then
-		req git reset -q HEAD -- "${@}"
-		git checkout -f -- "${@}" 2>/dev/null || req rm -f -- "${@}"
+		git checkout HEAD -- "${@}" 2>/dev/null || req rm -f -- "${@}"
 	elif [ ${SC_VCS} = svn ]; then
 		req rm -f -- "${@}"
 		svn revert -- "${@}" >/dev/null