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GIT-REVERT(1) Git Manual GIT-REVERT(1)
git-revert - Revert some existing commits
git revert [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
git revert --continue
git revert --quit
git revert --abort
Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
them. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
from the HEAD commit).
Note: git revert is used to record some new commits to reverse the
effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want
to throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
should see git-reset(1), particularly the --hard option. If you want
to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you should
see git-checkout(1), specifically the git checkout <commit> --
<filename> syntax. Take care with these alternatives as both will
discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
<commit>...
Commits to revert. For a more complete list of ways to spell
commit names, see gitrevisions(7). Sets of commits can also be
given but no traversal is done by default, see git-rev-list(1)
and its --no-walk option.
-e, --edit
With this option, git revert will let you edit the commit message
prior to committing the revert. This is the default if you run
the command from a terminal.
-m parent-number, --mainline parent-number
Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This option
specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of the mainline and
allows revert to reverse the change relative to the specified
parent.
Reverting a merge commit declares that you will never want the
tree changes brought in by the merge. As a result, later merges
will only bring in tree changes introduced by commits that are
not ancestors of the previously reverted merge. This may or may
not be what you want.
See the revert-a-faulty-merge How-To[1] for more details.
--no-edit
With this option, git revert will not start the commit message
editor.
-n, --no-commit
Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
commit log messages stating which commits were reverted. This
flag applies the changes necessary to revert the named commits to
your working tree and the index, but does not make the commits.
In addition, when this option is used, your index does not have
to match the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the
beginning state of your index.
This is useful when reverting more than one commits' effect to
your index in a row.
-S[<keyid>], --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]
GPG-sign commits. The keyid argument is optional and defaults to
the committer identity; if specified, it must be stuck to the
option without a space.
-s, --signoff
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. See the
signoff option in git-commit(1) for more information.
--strategy=<strategy>
Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. See the
MERGE STRATEGIES section in git-merge(1) for details.
-X<option>, --strategy-option=<option>
Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the merge
strategy. See git-merge(1) for details.
--continue
Continue the operation in progress using the information in
.git/sequencer. Can be used to continue after resolving conflicts
in a failed cherry-pick or revert.
--quit
Forget about the current operation in progress. Can be used to
clear the sequencer state after a failed cherry-pick or revert.
--abort
Cancel the operation and return to the pre-sequence state.
git revert HEAD~3
Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
git revert -n master~5..master~2
Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit in
master (included) to the third last commit in master (included),
but do not create any commit with the reverted changes. The
revert only modifies the working tree and the index.
git-cherry-pick(1)
Part of the git(1) suite
1. revert-a-faulty-merge How-To
file:///usr/local/share/doc/git/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
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