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Re: git revert with partial commit.

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PSPhillip Susi <phill@thesusis.net>
Date
Apr 6, 2023, 15:48 UTC
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Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
> Because the commit I want to revert is done a long time ago, which is
> not the parent of the commit I'm currently on, so I can't use the `~1`
> which indicates that I want to go back one commit from my current
> position.

You *can* use HEAD~1. After the git revert, a new commit has been created, and so HEAD~1 refers to the state of things before running git revert.

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Message 18 of 18 in “git revert with partial commit.”
  1. Hongyi ZhaoApr 2, 2023
  2. Torsten BögershausenApr 2, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 3, 2023
  4. Hongyi ZhaoApr 4, 2023
  5. Phillip SusiApr 3, 2023
  6. Hongyi ZhaoApr 4, 2023
  7. Hongyi ZhaoApr 4, 2023
  8. Hongyi ZhaoApr 4, 2023
  9. Chris TorekApr 4, 2023
  10. Sergey OrganovApr 4, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2023
  12. Sergey OrganovApr 4, 2023
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2023
  14. Felipe ContrerasApr 4, 2023
  15. Sergey OrganovApr 5, 2023
  16. Felipe ContrerasApr 7, 2023
  17. Sergey OrganovApr 7, 2023
  18. Phillip SusiApr 6, 2023

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