6 git-revert - Revert some existing commits
11 'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
12 'git revert' --continue
19 Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
20 related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
21 them. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
22 from the HEAD commit).
24 Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
25 effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to
26 throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
27 should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If
28 you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
29 should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout
30 <commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
31 both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
37 For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
38 linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
39 Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
40 default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
45 With this option, 'git revert' will let you edit the commit
46 message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
47 you run the command from a terminal.
50 --mainline parent-number::
51 Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
52 side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
53 option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
54 the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
55 relative to the specified parent.
57 Reverting a merge commit declares that you will never want the tree changes
58 brought in by the merge. As a result, later merges will only bring in tree
59 changes introduced by commits that are not ancestors of the previously
60 reverted merge. This may or may not be what you want.
62 See the link:howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.txt[revert-a-faulty-merge How-To] for
66 With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit
71 Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
72 commit log messages stating which commits were
73 reverted. This flag applies the changes necessary
74 to revert the named commits to your working tree
75 and the index, but does not make the commits. In addition,
76 when this option is used, your index does not have to match
77 the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the
78 beginning state of your index.
80 This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
81 effect to your index in a row.
85 Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
87 --strategy=<strategy>::
88 Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.
89 See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
93 --strategy-option=<option>::
94 Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
95 merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
99 include::sequencer.txt[]
103 `git revert HEAD~3`::
105 Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
106 and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
108 `git revert -n master~5..master~2`::
110 Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
111 in master (included) to the third last commit in master
112 (included), but do not create any commit with the reverted
113 changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
118 linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
122 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite