Undo a Git commit after push using reverse patch?

Question

I've pushed a commit and I want to revert changes introduced by this commit by applying and committing a reversed patch. How do I do it?

score 146 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 31 '11 at 21:09

146

Use

git revert HEAD

This will create a patch that reverts the last commit and commit that patch as a new commit.

If you want to revert a specific earlier version, use

git revert <revision>

edited Oct 31 '11 at 21:09

Tom

answered Jun 22 '11 at 14:55

pilif

score 51 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 17 '13 at 12:17

51

Sounds like you want to use git-revert.

edited Jun 17 '13 at 12:17

Laith Shadeed

answered Jun 22 '11 at 14:54

Kris K.

1

This is not a good option if you use a PR flow; in those cases you will want to make a new commit that put the changes from one commit back to what they were. – b01 Aug 23 '17 at 01:19

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 24 '15 at 07:59

4

simply use

for committed file:

git revert <SHA1 ID>

for non-committed file:

git reset --hard HEAD

answered Jul 24 '15 at 07:59

Amit

3 Answers3