Going back to a previous commit in Github Desktop
In general, you can go back to a commit in your history with git reset.
This is not possible with GitHub Desktop. GitHub Desktop is more of a tool to synchronize your repositories and not a full featured GUI client.
But that doesn't mean you have to use the command line, since there are alternatives. You can find a list here. To mention a few (that support git reset):
- TortoiseGit (Windows)
- SourceTree (Mac, Windows)
Here is how you do it on command line. Most clients provide this in their UI using the same vocabulary (usually, you are able to select a commit and reset to it via context menu).
You will go back to the previous commit with
git reset HEAD^
or some more commits (for example 3) by
git reset HEAD^3
or to a specific commit by
git reset f7823ab
Have in mind that, by default, the option --mixed is passed to git reset. So, all changes made, since that commit you reset to, will still be there.
To get the original state of the commit that you want to 'revert', you have to pass --hard. For example:
git reset f7823ab --hard
If you have a commit that you have not pushed, it is easy to undo the commit. The "undo" button appears when you have such a commit. It removes the commit from the branch's history and places the files back into the Changes area.
