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git-revert(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-revert - Revert some existing commits
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
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'git revert' --continue
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'git revert' --quit
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'git revert' --abort
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
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related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
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them. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
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from the HEAD commit).
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Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
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effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to
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throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
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should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If
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you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
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should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout
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<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
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both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<commit>...::
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Commits to revert.
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For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
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linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
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Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
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default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
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option.
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-e::
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--edit::
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With this option, 'git revert' will let you edit the commit
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message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
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you run the command from a terminal.
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-m parent-number::
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--mainline parent-number::
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Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
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side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
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option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
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the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
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relative to the specified parent.
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+
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Reverting a merge commit declares that you will never want the tree changes
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brought in by the merge. As a result, later merges will only bring in tree
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changes introduced by commits that are not ancestors of the previously
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reverted merge. This may or may not be what you want.
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+
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See the link:howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html[revert-a-faulty-merge How-To] for
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more details.
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--no-edit::
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With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit
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message editor.
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-n::
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--no-commit::
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Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
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commit log messages stating which commits were
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reverted. This flag applies the changes necessary
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to revert the named commits to your working tree
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and the index, but does not make the commits. In addition,
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when this option is used, your index does not have to match
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the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the
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beginning state of your index.
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+
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This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
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effect to your index in a row.
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-S[<key-id>]::
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--gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
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GPG-sign commits.
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-s::
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--signoff::
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Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
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--strategy=<strategy>::
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Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
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See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
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for details.
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-X<option>::
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--strategy-option=<option>::
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Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
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merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
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SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
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---------------------
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include::sequencer.txt[]
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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`git revert HEAD~3`::
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Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
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and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
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`git revert -n master~5..master~2`::
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Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
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in master (included) to the third last commit in master
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(included), but do not create any commit with the reverted
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changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
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index.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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