6 git-revert - Revert some existing commits
11 'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
12 'git revert' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit)
17 Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
18 related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
19 them. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
20 from the HEAD commit).
22 Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
23 effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to
24 throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
25 should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the `--hard` option. If
26 you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
27 should see linkgit:git-restore[1], specifically the `--source`
28 option. Take care with these alternatives as
29 both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
31 See "Reset, restore and revert" in linkgit:git[1] for the differences
32 between the three commands.
38 For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
39 linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
40 Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
41 default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its `--no-walk`
46 With this option, 'git revert' will let you edit the commit
47 message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
48 you run the command from a terminal.
51 --mainline parent-number::
52 Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
53 side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
54 option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
55 the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
56 relative to the specified parent.
58 Reverting a merge commit declares that you will never want the tree changes
59 brought in by the merge. As a result, later merges will only bring in tree
60 changes introduced by commits that are not ancestors of the previously
61 reverted merge. This may or may not be what you want.
63 See the link:howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html[revert-a-faulty-merge How-To] for
67 With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit
71 This option determines how the commit message will be cleaned up before
72 being passed on to the commit machinery. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more
73 details. In particular, if the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`,
74 scissors will be appended to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on in the case
79 Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
80 commit log messages stating which commits were
81 reverted. This flag applies the changes necessary
82 to revert the named commits to your working tree
83 and the index, but does not make the commits. In addition,
84 when this option is used, your index does not have to match
85 the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the
86 beginning state of your index.
88 This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
89 effect to your index in a row.
92 --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
94 GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
95 defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
96 stuck to the option without a space. `--no-gpg-sign` is useful to
97 countermand both `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable, and
102 Add a `Signed-off-by` trailer at the end of the commit message.
103 See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
105 --strategy=<strategy>::
106 Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
107 See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
111 --strategy-option=<option>::
112 Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
113 merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
115 include::rerere-options.txt[]
118 Instead of starting the body of the log message with "This
119 reverts <full object name of the commit being reverted>.",
120 refer to the commit using "--pretty=reference" format
121 (cf. linkgit:git-log[1]). The `revert.reference`
122 configuration variable can be used to enable this option by
126 SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
127 ---------------------
128 include::sequencer.txt[]
132 `git revert HEAD~3`::
134 Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
135 and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
137 `git revert -n master~5..master~2`::
139 Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
140 in master (included) to the third last commit in master
141 (included), but do not create any commit with the reverted
142 changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
147 linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
151 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite