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Re: git-bisect is magical

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jan 10, 2006, 19:45 UTC
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> 
> You can _undo_ the revert, so it's not permanent in that sense. Just do
> 
> 	git reset --hard origin
> 
> and your "master" branch will be forced back to the state that "origin" 
> was in.

Btw, you can try this (careful - it will also undo any dirty state you have in your working tree), and then do the "pull" again (which should now be a trivial fast-forward) and then just try to do the "git revert" on the new state.

An even better option is obviously to figure out _why_ that commit broke for you in the first place, and get it fixed up-stream, so that you don't even need to revert it any more, and the "pull" just fixes it for you ;)

			Linus
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  2. Linus TorvaldsJan 9, 2006
  3. waltJan 10, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsJan 10, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsJan 10, 2006
  6. waltJan 10, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJan 10, 2006
  8. waltJan 11, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsJan 11, 2006
  11. waltJan 11, 2006
  12. Sytse WielingaJan 12, 2006
  13. waltJan 12, 2006
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