github git reset back to previous commit code example

Example 1: github restore previous commit

# syntax
git revert <commit>
# example
git revert 99a5c5905e12c74725bae64c61efce140662ce24
# where 99a5c59... is the commit (you can check it on github)

Example 2: 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