Using git, is there a command which I can reset a file to a specific commit in the commit log?
I know git checkout file can let me reset the file to HEAD, but how to reset to a specific commit version?
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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4114095/revert-to-a-previous-git-commit – Brice Favre Dec 30 '14 at 15:03
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the post does not solve my problem I think. I need to know how to reset a specific file to its specific version? – Adam Lee Dec 30 '14 at 15:07
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Try this one so : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/215718/reset-or-revert-a-specific-file-to-a-specific-revision-using-git – Brice Favre Dec 30 '14 at 15:10
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Mind your terminology. With git "reset" refers to setting a ref (e.g. branch) to a new commit. You want to put a file from some commit into your working copy. Exactly this is a "checkout".
You can checkout all files of a commit with
git checkout commit
or only part of the commit with
git checkout commit file
If you only want to "show" a file of some commit without changing your working copy you can also use
git show commit:file
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Also, to avoid ambiguity between file names and ref names, you may need to `git checkout commit -- file`... – twalberg Dec 30 '14 at 17:55