git revert

Undo a commit with a new commit, without rewriting history

What it does

git revert creates a new commit that does the opposite of the one you name: it removes the lines that commit added and brings back the ones it removed. The old commit stays in history. git opens an editor with a ready message; --no-edit keeps it as is.

That makes revert the safe way to undo something already on the server: history only grows, and nothing breaks for your teammates. For commits only you have, git reset works too. If the undone changes overlap with later ones, you may get a conflict, as in a merge.

Syntax

git revert <commit>
git revert --no-edit <commit>

Examples

• Create a commit that undoes the last commit

  git revert HEAD

  • revert — a new commit with the opposite changes
  • HEAD — which commit to undo

Related commands

• git reset — Move the branch to another commit, for example to undo the last commits
• git log — Show the commit history
• git push — Send your commits to the server

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