GitHub: how to remove a commit that is not on any branch?

Asked Jun 30 '16 at 09:33

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I pushed a branch to GitHub. This branch has a commit 1234567 that mentions issue #999 in its commit message. Because of this, commit 1234567 shows up on the issue #999 discussion page.

Then I decided that commit 1234567 was slightly wrong. I amended it, resulting in a new commit ab12cd3, and force-pushed the branch to GitHub. Now the issue #999 page references both commits — 1234567 and ab12cd3. If I follow the link to 1234567, I see my original commit, it’s just not on any branch now (no branch name shown).

How can I remove the original commit 1234567 from the issue #999 page?

asked Jun 30 '16 at 09:33

Vasiliy Faronov

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Have you tried `git revert --no-commit ` ? – Shravan40 Jun 30 '16 at 09:38
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@Shravan40 Nice answer, but I feel that this is a GitHub problem, and that maybe they should have a way to not associate dangling commits with their former branches. – Tim Biegeleisen Jun 30 '16 at 09:39
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@TimBiegeleisen You inadvertently answered my question. I googled with “dangling commit” and got http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4367977 – Vasiliy Faronov Jun 30 '16 at 09:46
@VasiliyFaronov Glad I contributed something here. – Tim Biegeleisen Jun 30 '16 at 09:48

GitHub: how to remove a commit that is not on any branch?

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