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How to remove unsynced commits in github for windows?

I have two unsynced commits using GitHub (Windows), but don't want to commit them now. How can I revert or drop them?

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Solution

  • As mentioned in "How to reach some commands on Github for windows", you best course of action would be to use to git CLI (command line interface), opening a shell from "GitHub for Windows", or using msysgit.

    Then a git reset HEAD^2 (or even git reset --hard HEAD^2 if you really want to remove those files as well as any work in progress) would drop those commits (as in "How do I delete unpushed git commits?" or "How to delete a 'git commit'").

    After a refresh, GitHub for Windows should display no more unsynced commit.

    Other answers below mention the recent addition of "Undo most recent commit", which achieve the same reset:

    Undo most recent commit

    As I mentioned in "GitHub undo a discard", the "discard changes" feature would achieve the same as a git reset.