How to revert project back to a previous commit in android studio

Question

I am working on a project in android studio and would like to revert to a previous push. I attempted
VCS => Git => Reset Head (Hard)
but my project in Android Studio is unchanged, likely because I'm doing something wrong. I would like to revert the project in Android Studio to a specific earlier commit that I've pushed and I see on github. I do not care about any changes that I have made since the earlier push.
Additionally, I would like this to be done through the GUI within Android Studio if possible.

Have you tried clicking right click on the commit name in the version control tab/Log? There should be _Reset Branch to here_ — rahimli, Jul 02 '16 at 18:55
I had not. Prior to this post I didn't know the version control tab log existed. — aisflat439, Jul 02 '16 at 19:03
Read all about it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34519665/how-to-move-head-back-to-a-previous-location-detached-head/34519716#34519716 — CodeWizard, Jul 02 '16 at 19:17

player87 · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-18T16:01:00.227

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Android Studio Instructions: if you want to do this in Android Studio, press alt + 9 (or Command + 9 on Mac) to open the Version Control panel. Switch to the Log tab and right click on a previous commit. Select Checkout Revision.

Command line instructions: Open the command line tool you are using. Go to the Android app's Git directory (using cd). Execute git log and find the previous commit you want to revert to.

commit 7c247be6d8975dc88f6cc2631c154786a1f3b79e
Author: John Doe <john@doe.ca>
Date:   Fri Jun 11 22:37:35 2015 -0400

    Some helpful commit message should be here.

If that is the commit you want to revert to, then execute git checkout 7c247b.

edited Dec 18 '18 at 16:01

answered Jul 02 '16 at 18:53

player87

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I apologize for not making the question more clear. I would like to do this through android studio and not the command line. Thanks for your answer. – aisflat439 Jul 02 '16 at 18:55
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Updated with Android Studio instructions. – player87 Jul 02 '16 at 18:56
Thank you so much. It saved much of my time! – hetsgandhi Dec 18 '18 at 10:17
I do checkout Revision and it give me detach head state – faeze saghafi Dec 24 '18 at 08:48
Thanks for the Mac keyboard shortcuts! – Lance Kind Aug 13 '21 at 20:32

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '18 at 17:02

Open the Version Control Panel using alt + 9 and click on Log. This should show a list of commits. Right click on the commit you want to revert to and select Reset Current Branch to Here. This should bring up a list of options to keep or discard changes when reverting. Select Hard to discard any current changes and click Reset.

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 02 '16 at 19:06

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The icon surrounded by red rectangle in image will do the trick

answered Jul 02 '16 at 19:06

Sagar Jogadia

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This doesn't revert to a specific commit as the question asks. – player87 Jul 02 '16 at 20:46
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Thanks, it does help to roll back to the last commit. – V Surya Kumar Oct 23 '21 at 20:49

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 16 '20 at 10:20

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In android studio 4.0, go to version control -> Log.
Then select the commit you want to revert to.
Choose Reset current branch to here.
You ll see a popup, select Hard and its done.

answered Jun 16 '20 at 10:20

VIVEK CHOUDHARY

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 08 '18 at 00:00

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Android Studio -> Version Control -> Select your commit -> Right panel -> Select you want to be reverted file.

Then you can get the new reverted change, commit -> done.

answered Feb 08 '18 at 00:00

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered May 31 '21 at 08:37

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Android Studio > check bottom toolbar -> click on git -> select log tab -> right on particular commit -> reset current branch to here -> select hard reset

Also if u have already pushed code to server u need to run

git push -f origin branch_name

answered May 31 '21 at 08:37

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 08:29

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MacOS users

Rollback Changes

⌘ Command + ⌥ Option + Z

VCS -> Git -> Rollback...
//or
VCS Local  Changes Toolbar -> Rollback...
//or
Commit Changes -> Rollback...

answered Jun 02 '21 at 08:29

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 16 '22 at 06:42

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While push is selected branch to undo; example brach name -> push_will_be_undone

git push -f origin push_will_be_undone

Writing did my job and it worked for me

answered May 16 '22 at 06:42

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score -5 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 02 '16 at 18:58

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Right click on folder where you Github folder, press Git Bash Here and type git reset --hard

answered Jul 02 '16 at 18:58

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"Reset" is not a "revert". Even if your local files seem to be reset to the previous commit. Other users who have pulled your "reset" commit will see it in their history – Farid Mar 17 '21 at 05:32

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