git cancel code example

Example 1: git discard local changes

# Discarding local changes (permanently) to a file:
git checkout -- <file>

# Discard all local changes to all files permanently:
git reset --hard

Example 2: revert local commit

$ git reset --hard HEAD~1

Example 3: undo last commit

git reset --soft HEAD~1

Example 4: how to undo a commit

$ git reset --soft HEAD~1