Tengo el siguiente estado de árbol de trabajo

$ git status foo/bar.txt
# On branch master
# Unmerged paths:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#   (use "git add/rm <file>..." as appropriate to mark resolution)
#
#       deleted by us:      foo/bar.txt
#
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Expedientefoo/bar.txt está allí y quiero volver al estado "sin cambios" (similar a 'svn revert'):

$ git checkout HEAD foo/bar.txt
error: path 'foo/bar.txt' is unmerged
$ git reset HEAD foo/bar.txt
Unstaged changes after reset:
M       foo/bar.txt

Ahora se está volviendo confuso:

$ git status foo/bar.txt
# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#       new file:   foo/bar.txt
#
# Changed but not updated:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
#   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
#
#       modified:   foo/bar.txt
#

El mismo archivo en ambas secciones, nuevoy ¿modificado? ¿Qué tengo que hacer?