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Revert a single commit in a single file

From
Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfnico@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2011, 10:34 UTC
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I tried asking the same question on the "newbie" list some time ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/git-users/browse_thread/thread/d562b4eeac016711
Basically, when I go
> git revert <commit> <path>

.. my expectation was that a new commit would be made reverting the changes from the old commit, but only for specified path/file.

Maybe it's a bit of a corner-case, but still would be nice to have once in a while. What do you think?

Next: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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  1. Thomas Ferris NicolaisenFeb 25, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 25, 2011
  3. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2011
  4. Dario RodriguezFeb 25, 2011
  5. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2011
  6. Thomas Ferris NicolaisenFeb 25, 2011
  7. Dario RodriguezFeb 25, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 25, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2011
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 25, 2011
  12. Jay SoffianFeb 25, 2011
  13. Dario RodriguezFeb 26, 2011

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