I have checked in code into my local master git repo and then pushed it up to origin. There is only 1 such erroneous checkin. What is the best way to revert the last commit locally and remotely?
I'd prefer to destroy the history.
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1It depends whether you want to destroy history. – SLaks Jun 19 '15 at 16:11
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Yes I prefer to destroy the history – Sachin Kainth Jun 19 '15 at 16:12
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possible duplicate of [How to undo the last commit?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-to-undo-the-last-commit) – Chris Maes Jun 19 '15 at 16:16
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2I would think someone with 10k reputation would know better; search on google/stackoverflow first before asking the same question all over again... – Chris Maes Jun 19 '15 at 16:17
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If you are sure nobody has done a fetch/pull from the repo since you made the commit, do:
git reset --hard HEAD~1
git push -f
If someone has already fetched/pulled, however, there is not much you can do without their cooperation. In that case, your best bet is doing a git revert HEAD, which will make an additional commit that undoes your last commit.
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You can rewrite history to remove that commit by using git rebase -i <any earlier commit>.
If it's the most recent commit, you can also just run git reset --hard HEAD^.
You can then run git push -f to rewrite the remote history. This will break anyone who pulled that commit.
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@SachinKainth: `git reset` will reset the local branch to point to the that commit. `HEAD^` means `HEAD`'s immediate parent. – SLaks Jun 19 '15 at 16:17