reverting changes

From: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 4, 2013, 22:03 UTC
Message-ID: <CACnwZYe45poRihJToDY5yrLeY-wc=6HSjZBanjGvtiopbuAAFw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

When I want to revert a change to a file that is already committed what is the best way?

The way I found was:

$ git checkout HEAD /path/to/my/file $ git reset HEAD /path/to/my/file

Is this the canonical/best way or there other (easier-faster) ways?

Thanks,

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