How to undo commits in git

Question

I have committed twice and have not pushed yet. How can I undo this like though I didn't do anything. I had always thought that this would reset it:

git checkout master

but that didn't work. I also googled and found this post: Delete commits from a branch in Git

The post says that I can do

git reset --hard HEAD

However, when I do a git status it's still saying I'm behind by 2 commits

See also [How do you roll back (reset) a git repository to a particular commit?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1616957/456814), [Reverting to a specific commit based on commit id with git?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3639115/456814), and [Revert to a commit by SHA hash?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1895059/456814). — , Apr 21 '14 at 19:18
see this - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1338728/delete-commits-from-a-branch-in-git/23967514#23967514 — Anurag-Sharma, May 31 '14 at 07:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 21 '14 at 19:19

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git reset --hard HEAD will reset it to your HEAD.

To go 2 commits back use:

git reset --hard HEAD~2

edited Apr 21 '14 at 19:19

answered Apr 21 '14 at 19:12

optimus

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '14 at 19:18

If you just want to go back to what's in the remote repo, you can do:

git reset --hard origin/master

If you want to reset back to a particular local commit, just tell it the hash instead:

git reset --hard <hash of commit>

You might also first do a git fetch to make sure you know about any changes in the remote repo.

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