Undo a commit

Isabelle Viktoria Maciohsek · Git, Commit, Branch · Apr 13, 2021

Undoes a specified commit without rewriting history.

• Use git revert <commit> to revert the specified <commit>, creating a new commit with the inverse of the commit's changes.

git revert <commit>

git revert 3050fc0d3
# Reverts the commit `3050fc0d3`

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