git set head to commit code example

Example 1: git set head to commit

# Set a new HEAD to a branch
# Note that commit can be a commit hash or tag or another branch
git reset --hard $COMMIT

Example 2: get back some commits git

git revert {commit_id}'

Example 3: reset to commit

# rollback to commit state
git revert --no-commit 0766c053..HEAD
git commit

Example 4: reset to commit

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

Example 5: reset to commit

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