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Alive Ape answered on December 24, 2022 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 4/10

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# DO NOT USE git reset unless you want to lose all commits done after the reset.
# If you want to just undo all the changes of a previous commit use git revert.
# EXAMPLE:
# Add files and commits$
$ touch alpha.html
$ git add . && git commit -m "1st git commit: 1 file"
$ touch beta.html
$ git add . && git commit -m "2nd git commit: 2 files"
$ touch charlie.html
$ git add . && git commit -m "3rd git commit: 3 files"
$ touch delta.html
$ git add . && git commit -m "4th git commit: 4 files"
$ touch edison.html
$ git add . && git commit -m "5th git commit: 5 files" 

# Get commit information
$ git reflog
(HEAD -> master)
d846aa8 HEAD@{0}: commit: 5th git commit: 5 files
0c59891 HEAD@{1}: commit: 4th git commit: 4 files
4945db2 HEAD@{2}: commit: 3rd git commit: 3 files
defc4eb HEAD@{3}: commit: 2nd git commit: 2 files
2938ee3 HEAD@{4}: commit: 1st git commit: 1 file 

# Revert changes from 3rd commit: This will remove the charlie.html addition.
$ git revert 4945db2 

# If you use git reset here you would remove the 3rd commit changes as well as the 4th and 5th.

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# Resets index to former commit; replace '56e05fced' with your commit code
git reset 56e05fced 

# Moves pointer back to previous HEAD
git reset --soft HEAD@{1}

git commit -m "Revert to 56e05fced"

# Updates working copy to reflect the new commit
git reset --hard

# Push your changes to respective branch
git push -f

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