Hello all,
Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to know how to do this anyway. :)
Please help!
-- Thanks! Bryan
Re: Help reverting a particular file
Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > Hello all, > > Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I > executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails > version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten > and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous > commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to > know how to do this anyway. :) > > Please help! > > -- > Thanks! > Bryan >
See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly:
# Updates index as well git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb
or
# Output can be redirected git show HEAD^:config/boot.rb
- Eric
Alex RiesenRe: Help reverting a particular file
Eric Raible, Tue, Aug 12, 2008 01:33:17 +0200:
> Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I > > executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails > > version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten > > and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous > > commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to > > know how to do this anyway. :) > > > > See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly: > > # Updates index as well > git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb >
That'd revert it to the _previous_ commit, not the current, while he seems to need the recently committed state in his working tree:
git checkout HEAD -- config/boot.rb