Reverting Changes

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Command

Description

1

git checkout [commit-id]

This command allows you to view the contents of a previous snapshot.

2

git revert [commit-id]

Undo the existing commit by applying a new revert commit. Before this is applied it will show you the commit message which you can edit.

3

git reset

Unstage all tracked files.

4

git reset [file]

It allows you to undo the tracked file. It reverts git add [file]

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git reset --hard

Removes all changes from the staging area.

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git reset --hard HEAD~1

It will reset your branch to the previous commit, it will completely delete the commit and remove files from untracked files.

7

git clean -f

Remove untracked files.

8

git reset --hard / git clean -f

Permanently undo uncommitted changes.

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