How to undo a 'git push'

Question

I am a complete neophyte with git If it is in any way possible for someone to screw something up or not know it, assume that to be the case :-)

I added my changes, did a commit, and issued a 'git push origin' but forgot to append the branch. So git cheerfully pushed my work into the master. I tried a 'git revert', but that deleted my changes from my computer.

How do I get my work out of master and back on to my computer, and then revert master back to the way it was before?

possible duplicate of [Undoing a git push](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1270514/undoing-a-git-push) — John Kugelman, Sep 09 '14 at 22:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '14 at 22:09

Start on master, and run a git pull so the remote and your local are in sync.

Checkout your feature branch, and run a git cherry-pick for the commits that you want.

Checkout master, and run a git reset --hard <commit-id> to the commit you wish to go back to.

Then you can do a git push --force on master to update the remote.

How to undo a 'git push'

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