Reverting Changes

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Command
Description
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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.
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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.
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git clean -f
Remove untracked files.
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git reset --hard / git clean -f
Permanently undo uncommitted changes.
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