How can you undo the last git add?

Is it possible to unstage the last staged (not committed) change in git? Suppose there were a lot of files in the current branch, some staged, some not. At some point, some foolish programmer accidentally executed:

git add -- .

…instead of:

git checkout -- .

Can this programmer now unstage his last changes with some magical git command? Or should he have committed before experimenting in the first place?

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