how to pull previous commits in git code example

Example 1: after checking out a previous commit go back to latest commit

git checkout <commit hash>	# go to previous commit
git revert <commit hash>  	# revert action of going to previous commit

Example 2: git pull from previous commit

# This will detach your HEAD, that is, leave you with no branch checked out:
git checkout 0d1d7fc32

Example 3: git pull from previous commit

git checkout -b old-state 0d1d7fc32

Example 4: git command change to previous comit

git revert --no-commit 0766c053..HEAD
git commit


If you really do want to have individual commits 
(instead of reverting everything with one big commit), 
then you can pass --no-edit instead of --no-commit, 
so that you don't have to edit a commit 
message for each reversion. – user456814