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Reverting a specific commit

Subject: Reverting a specific commit

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milindkanchan· Sep 23, 2010, 07:13 UTC · lore

Hi All,

I am using git for code management.

I have some query regarding reverting the commit in git.

Can we revert a specific commit in git ?

Eg. One of our X developer has committed the code in master branch last week, after which there were several commits to master branch, now there was an issue with the code committed by X developer and now I need to revert/discard just his commit keeping the other commits done after him as intact.

Can anybody give a solution for this with all the commands.

Thanks & Regard M.K

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John Tapsell· Sep 23, 2010, 07:17 UTC · re: milindkanchan · lore

Re: Reverting a specific commit

On 23 September 2010 08:13, milindkanchan <milindkanchan@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi All,
>
> I am using git for code management.
>
> I have some query regarding reverting the commit in git.
>
> Can we revert a specific commit in git ?

To make a new commit to undo a bad commit:

git revert SHA

where SHA is that long string of numbers and letters associated with each commit. do "git log" to find out what the SHA is.

John

Pascal Obry· Sep 23, 2010, 07:17 UTC · re: milindkanchan · lore

Re: Reverting a specific commit

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:13 AM, milindkanchan <milindkanchan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can we revert a specific commit in git ?

   $ git revert <sha1>

for more information:

   $ git revert --help

Pascal.

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milindkanchan· Sep 23, 2010, 08:01 UTC · re: Pascal Obry · lore

Re: Reverting a specific commit

But will it affect the commits done after that

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Pascal Obry· Sep 23, 2010, 09:05 UTC · re: milindkanchan · lore

Re: Reverting a specific commit

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:01 AM, milindkanchan <milindkanchan@gmail.com> wrote:

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> But will it affect the commits done after that

No. It is a revert. I will create a new commit that revert the work done for the given commit.

Pascal.

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