I was at the initial commit (c0), and I used the command
find . -name \*.min.js -type f -delete
to delete all minimized JS files in my project, added the change to the staging area and made a commit (c1), then pushed it to remote repository. I did some work and made another commit (c2) and pushed it to remote repository.
However, I now regret I deleted the files and want to get back all the files. I've searched on the Internet and found the revert command; so I ran
git revert c0
to go back to the commit (c0), where I have not deleted the files. I thought that would allow me to see the deleted files again, but no luck. I thought I was doing the right thing...
I am new to Git. Is my basic understanding of revert wrong?
You should be reverting c1, not c0. You want to revert the commit that introduced those deletes. That's c1.
What you should do now as a good git citizen that doesn't alter history (if you already pushed the c0 revert commit) is
git revert c3 (the c0 revert commit) and then
git revert c1.