Undo, Redo, Change History with Git

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Undo, Redo Change History with Git

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Joshua Wehner • @jaw6 • jaw6@github.com • Minneapolis, MN, USA • GitHub Training

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Undo & Redo Scenarios

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Undo "Public" Change • It's broken • But it's pushed • git revert

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Tweak Last Commit • Oooops • Committed too fast • git commit --amend

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Regrets, I've Had a Few • Ooooops • That's mostly rubbish • git reset

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Throw It All Away • It's all rubbish • I regret everything • git reset --hard

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Wait, On Second Thought • Throw It All Away • Could I maybe get that back? • git reflog git reset --hard

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Well, That Wasn't So Bad • Most of that is trash • But that one? That one is good. • Gimme. • git cherry-pick

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Put That Thing Over There • I should have made this branch earlier • Those commits should not be on master • git rebase master

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Well, Then Again • Throw It All Some of It Away • I regret that one thing • Some of the rest of it was okay • git rebase -i

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I Was Wrong Before • I thought I was wrong • But I wasn't • git commit --fixup git rebase -i --autosquash

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Forget I Said That • Stop tracking this ﬁle • I mean it • git rm --cached .gitignore git clean -f (also -x maybe?)

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Thank you! Undo, Redo, Change History • @jaw6 • jaw6@github.com • http://training.github.com/

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I'm Only (Sort of) Kidding • Commit part (just part) of a ﬁle • git add -p