I have committed a file with some changes. But now i don't want that changes so how should i revert back to original file keeping other files changes for next commit.
ex: file1.c file2.c file3.c
I made changes in all three files and committed.
Now i don't want file1.c changes, i want as of original.
i tried below but its not working.
git checkout HEAD^ file1.c
git checkout file1.c
git commit --amend
What else i am missing .?
You should reset the file to the version you want and then commit it.
git reset HEAD^ file1.c
git add file1.c
git commit --amend
A second option would be to reset the entire tree to previous state and just don't commit the file
git reset HEAD^
git add file2.c git add file3.c
git commit
See much longer discussion here: Reset or revert a specific file to a specific revision using Git?
If there are only few changes, manually edit file1.c(back to state before commit) and commit that file again.
