Git to move head back to latest commit

Question

I have used Git to view some older files using the git checkout <hash> command.

However, now I want to move the head back to the latest commit without saving the changes I did at the older files.

Could you help on how to do that?

https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+undo+checkout – phd May 05 '22 at 10:57 — phd, May 05 '22 at 10:57
`git checkout -f master` (or whatever branch you want). – phd May 05 '22 at 10:57 — phd, May 05 '22 at 10:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '22 at 10:37

You did not explain you needs, so I am trying to guess...

Try with:

git reset --soft HEAD~1

# or

git reset --soft <COMMIT_ID>

Rembember --soft leave changes as uncommitted in order to inspect without loosing them.

Replace it with --hard if you need to discard them.

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