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How to do "hg backout X" in Git?

I have to use Git and want to undo one commit that was some commits before the tip. In Hg it's hg backout. What's the analog command in Git?

(I duckduckwent before posting this and dont's see an analog command.)

Solution

  • It sounds like you need git revert :) Alternatively, if you want to remove all evidence that that commit ever happened, you could do a git rebase to get rid of it. But be careful if you've already published that commit somewhere visible as you can create problems for other people.

    Here's a link talking about revert:

    http://gitready.com/intermediate/2009/03/16/rolling-back-changes-with-revert.html

    Alternatively, just Google for the manual documentation.