# SVN FAQ: svn revert replacement

1 messages from 2007-07-24 to 2007-07-24. Participants: Florian Weimer.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9203

## Florian Weimer, 2007-07-24 13:49

Subject: SVN FAQ: svn revert replacement
Message-ID: <82hcntkj3n.fsf@mid.bfk.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/82hcntkj3n.fsf%40mid.bfk.de

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Just one nit: The correct replacement for "svn revert FILE" seems to
be:

  $ git checkout HEAD -- FILE

The current suggestion, "git checkout FILE", does not work if the
modifications have been staged with "git add".

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