Re: revert top most commit

From: Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2014, 22:43 UTC
Message-ID: <1409179401.2715.17.camel@jekeller-desk1.amr.corp.intel.com>
In-Reply-To: <1409177738.15185.5.camel@leckie>

On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 18:15 -0400, David Turner wrote:

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> On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 21:14 +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am having trouble using revert. If I attempt to
> > 
> > $ git revert <sha1id>
> > 
> > where sha1id is the same as the HEAD commit, I instead get the output of
> > what looks like git status.
> > 
> > Is there anything specific about git revert that prevents it from
> > reverting the most recent commit?
> 
> Works for me.  What version of git?  Is there a public repo that someone
> could test this out on?
>

It was version 1.9.3 and it's not a public repo.

It's actually not my repository, I was helping a co-worker, and thought I'd ask if anyone here knew if it was expected behavior or not.

Thanks, Jake