github restore commit code example

Example 1: how to revert a commit

git reset --soft HEAD@{1} # delete the last commit keeping the changes
git reset --hard HEAD@{1} # delete the last commit removing the changes

git push --force origin master # delete the last commit also on remote branch

Example 2: github restore previous commit

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

Example 3: git command change to previous comit

git checkout <commit_id>
git checkout -b <new branch> <commit_id>
git checkout HEAD~X // x is the number of commits t go back