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how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history

Subject: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history

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Ittay Dror· Apr 2, 2008, 06:50 UTC · lore
Hi,

I have this revision history: A-B I want to go back to the code in A, but keep B in the history: A-B-A

How do I do that?

Thank you, Ittay

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Johannes Sixt· Apr 2, 2008, 06:57 UTC · re: Ittay Dror · lore

Re: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history

Ittay Dror schrieb:
> I have this revision history: A-B
> I want to go back to the code in A, but keep B in the history: A-B-A
> 
> How do I do that?
git revert HEAD
-- Hannes
Junio C Hamano· Apr 2, 2008, 07:12 UTC · re: Ittay Dror · lore

Re: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history

Ittay Dror <ittayd@tikalk.com> writes:
> I have this revision history: A-B
> I want to go back to the code in A, but keep B in the history: A-B-A
>
> How do I do that?

Straight answer (iow, what you asked, which may not match what you wanted to really do):

	$ git read-tree -m -u A
        $ git commit -m 'Revert to A'
Probably a more useful answer, guessing what you really wanted to do:

You have a botched commit F that was in the sequence of longer commits, A--B--C--D--E--F--G--H, and you want to recover from the mistake F made (iow, the change between E and F is bad):

	$ git revert F

This will make your history A--B--C--D--E--F--G--H--F' where the difference between H and F' counteracts what F did relative to E.

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