How do I do a revert in git?

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The following pops up from git bash when I try to execute a git revert. How do I get this to acutally do the revert?

If you do not want nano to show, use `-m "write commit message"` with the command. — Torge Rosendahl, Apr 02 '23 at 02:17

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '23 at 20:01

This is the command-line text editor "nano", presented to you to adjust the commit message, if needed.

Press Ctrl+O (and Enter) to save the file. Then Ctrl+X to close the editor.

After saving and closing the editor, git will create a commit that reverts the changes of whatever commit you specified in the command.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '23 at 19:55

git revert works by committing one or more new changes to reverse changes made via previous commits. Just like for any commit, it wants you to provide a commit message, and since you didn't specify one on the command line, it opened up the configured editor to give you a place to enter the commit message, complete with a default message.

Edit the commit message if you like. Save the message and exit the editor normally to proceed, just as you would for a git commit.

How do I do a revert in git?

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