# Simple rollback or discard of un-commited changes

2 messages from 2009-05-16 to 2009-05-16. Participants: Peter CHARRON, Brandon Casey.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19366

## Peter CHARRON, 2009-05-16 02:00

Subject: Simple rollback or discard of un-commited changes
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I've used a lot of Source Code Control systems, but I can't figure out  
how to do a simple discard (aka rollback) of one file using GIT.

What am I missing?

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## Brandon Casey, 2009-05-16 02:21

Subject: Re: Simple rollback or discard of un-commited changes
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Peter CHARRON wrote:
> I've used a lot of Source Code Control systems, but I can't figure out
> how to do a simple discard (aka rollback) of one file using GIT.

git checkout -- $file

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