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Re: Delete a commit

From
Johan 't Hart <johanthart@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 20, 2009, 00:06 UTC
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<hgjpqu$dos$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Bertram Scharpf schreef:
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> Hi,
> 
> I fetched a line from the shell's history and accidentally hit
> enter before editing it. Then I had commited some work that was
> not completed. Is there a way to get rid of that commit as if it
> never were there?

Try: git reset --soft HEAD~1

You could also: git commit --amend ...

when you realy finish the commit.
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> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bertram
> 
>
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Message 3 of 8 in “Delete a commit”
  1. Bertram ScharpfDec 19, 2009
  2. James P. Howard, IIDec 19, 2009
  3. Johan 't HartDec 20, 2009
  4. Bertram ScharpfDec 20, 2009
  5. Pascal ObryDec 20, 2009
  6. Johan 't HartDec 21, 2009
  7. Andreas SchwabDec 21, 2009
  8. Bertram ScharpfDec 21, 2009

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