How to revert the last 2 commits done on Git

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I have a situation here where there are 2 commits done by another collaborator which seems to be the wrong files. I am the owner of the repository and would like to revert those 2 commits done by the other collaborator. From my terminal, I tried the following.

git log -2 and it just says the last 2 commits which I did. I want to know how I can reset the last 2 commits and change the HEAD to the commit before those 2.

Possible duplicate of [How do I undo the last commits in Git?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-last-commits-in-git) — Ebrahim Poursadeqi, Jul 12 '17 at 02:43

Tim Biegeleisen · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-12T02:46:06.013

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Use git revert:

git revert A^..B

where A is hash of the first of the two commits to be reverted and B is the hash of the second commit. This approach will work even if other commits have been made on the remote branch since the two commits were made.

If this branch were not shared with anyone you could also use

git reset --hard HEAD~2

But beware of using git reset --hard on a publicly shared branch. For a shared branch, it is much safer to use git revert as described above.

edited Jul 12 '17 at 02:46

answered Jul 12 '17 at 02:23

Tim Biegeleisen

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A^ should be replaced by the commit hash ? – Ramji Seetharaman Jul 12 '17 at 02:44
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@RaMaJ Yes, replace `A` and `B` with the commit hashes for the first and second commits. – Tim Biegeleisen Jul 12 '17 at 02:45
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`A` is an older commit and `B` is a newer commit, right? Just making sure I get the orders =) – Megidd Aug 28 '21 at 05:40
I've used `git reset` then what? if i do `git log` i can still see those commits – WhatTheWhat May 13 '22 at 08:58
Yes, a revert commit is added which reverses both of those commit's diffs. – almereyda Aug 19 '22 at 11:49

Zakir · Answer 2 · 2019-08-16T00:39:39.003

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Try this but be sure of what you want to do

git reset --hard HEAD~2

git reset --hard is an irreversible change. Also it may be a good time to learn about git reset --hard/--soft/ --mixed

I would also suggest going through this

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answered Jul 12 '17 at 02:24

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 02:23

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Just reset it to the commit hash that was prior to the 2 commits:

git reset <commit-hash>

This will delete the commits after commit-hash and bring the changes to your workspace. If you don't want the changes you can pass a --hard option.

answered Jul 12 '17 at 02:23

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How to revert the last 2 commits done on Git

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