# how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history 3 messages from 2008-04-02 to 2008-04-02. Participants: Ittay Dror, Johannes Sixt, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12960 ## Ittay Dror, 2008-04-02 06:50 Subject: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history Message-ID: <47F32CBE.2040305@tikalk.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/47F32CBE.2040305%40tikalk.com ``` 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 -- Ittay Dror Tikal Tikal Project ``` ## Johannes Sixt, 2008-04-02 06:57 Subject: Re: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history Message-ID: <47F32E66.1010705@viscovery.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/47F32E66.1010705%40viscovery.net In-Reply-To: <47F32CBE.2040305@tikalk.com> ``` 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, 2008-04-02 07:12 Subject: Re: how do i revert to a previous version, keeping the history Message-ID: <7vfxu4afwr.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vfxu4afwr.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <47F32CBE.2040305@tikalk.com> ``` Ittay Dror 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. ```