I did a git commit but I have not pushed it to the repository yet.
So when I do git status, I get '# Your branch is ahead of 'master' by 1 commit.
So if I want to roll back my top commit, can I just do:
git reset --hard eb27bf26dd18c5a34e0e82b929e0d74cfcaab316
given that when I do git log I get:
commit eb27bf26dd18c5a34e0e82b929e0d74cfcaab316 Date: Tue Sep 29 11:21:41 2009 -0700 commit db0c078d5286b837532ff5e276dcf91885df2296 Date: Tue Sep 22 10:31:37 2009 -0700
IF you have NOT pushed your changes to remote
git reset HEAD~1
Check if the working copy is clean by git status.
ELSE you have pushed your changes to remote
git revert HEAD
This command will revert/remove the local commits/change and then you can push
git reset HEAD~1?Actually, when you use git reset, you should refer to the commit that you are resetting to; so you would want the db0c078 commit, probably.
An easier version would be git reset --hard HEAD^, to reset to the previous commit before the current head; that way you don't have to be copying around commit IDs.
Beware when you do any git reset --hard, as you can lose any uncommitted changes you have. You might want to check git status to make sure your working copy is clean, or that you do want to blow away any changes that are there.
In addition, instead of HEAD you can use origin/master as reference, as suggested by @bdonlan in the comments: git reset --hard origin/master
git reset --hard origin/master, to reset it to whatever the origin was at.
git status will show no changes and the commit will be removed / changes lost).
git reset --hard HEAD^ as you will lose changes in the commited files (you changes will be deleted). There are two branches to this question: To revert a commit but still have changes on disk do so git reset --soft HEAD~1I believe that one of those will fit your need
1 - Undo commit and keep all files staged:
git reset --soft HEAD~
2 - Undo commit and unstage all files:
git reset HEAD~
3 - Undo the commit and completely remove all changes:
git reset --hard HEAD~
git reset HEAD~ remove all files you've created
git reset --hard origin/main
It works for other branch:
git reset --hard origin/master
git reset --hard origin/staging
to reset it to whatever the origin was at.
This was posted by @bdonlan in the comments. I added this answer for people who don't read comments.
master - should I use origin/mybranch then?
git reset HEAD~ which only sets back the commit into code
--hard totally destroys all the changes. That's not what everybody wants.There are two branches to this question (Rolling back a commit does not mean I want to lose all my local changes):
1. To revert the latest commit and discard changes in the committed file do:
git reset --hard HEAD~1
2. To revert the latest commit but retain the local changes (on disk) do:
git reset --soft HEAD~1
This (the later command) will take you to the state you would have been if you did git add.
If you want to unstage the files after that, do
git reset
Now you can make more changes before adding and then committing again.
Remove the last commit before push
git reset --soft HEAD~1
1 means the last commit, if you want to remove two last use 2, and so forth*
--soft is great addition to the possible answers, but could you also mention why? Explaining your solution is always helpful. Also try to stick with English. Thanks--soft - ensures that you do not lose changes in the file whose commit you are trying to undo
Simply type in the console :
$ git reset HEAD~
This command discards all local commits ahead of the remote HEAD
I have experienced the same situation I did the below as this much easier.
By passing commit-Id you can reach to the particular commit you want to go:
git reset --hard {commit-id}
As you want to remove your last commit so you need to pass the commit-Id where you need to move your pointer:
git reset --hard db0c078d5286b837532ff5e276dcf91885df2296
git reset {commit-id} or git reset {commit-id} --mixed preserves the changes. They can then be added back to staging. git reset {commit-id} --mixed preserves the changes too, but also keeps the files in staging so they don't have to be added back.This is what I do:
First checkout your branch (for my case master branch):
git checkout master
Then reset to remote HEAD^ (it'll remove all your local changes), force clean and pull:
git reset HEAD^ --hard && git clean -df && git pull
One way would be to delete the local branch and checkout that branch from the server if your local branch is ahead of remote by multiple commits and you need to uncommit all of them.
I just had the same problem and ended up doing:
git rebase -i HEAD~N
(N is the number of commits git will show you)
That prompts your text editor and then you can remove the commit you want by deleting the line associated with it.
Use "git log" to see the commits.
git reset HEAD~: resets the current HEAD to the commit just before the current HEAD commit.
git reset HEAD~1: same as above.
git reset HEAD~2: resets the current HEAD to two commits just before the current HEAD commit.
To delete folder from commit
git rm -r --cache <folder name>
To delete file from commit
git rm --cache <file name>
If anyone else is looking for the opposite i.e., reverting back to the commit you initially thought you should delete, use git reflog credit: Murtuzaali Surti's article on git reflog to find the missing commits.
I luckily didn't manage to delete the commit I needed back, even after attempting multiple frantic git reset --soft/hard commands and honestly I'm becoming more and more confident that git has my back no matter what, at least if a commit has been made.
You will still need to git reset --hard <SHA-found-with-reflog>
But see the link to the article for guidance.
reset --hardcan result in loss of work, because doing so results in git overwriting your local files (your new work) with the ones from the web (happened to me). Questions and answers about git should explicitly state what their commands are doing and what the risks are for readers following.