git revoke commit code example

Example 1: git undo commit

# Uncommit the changes
git reset --soft HEAD~1

# Completely delete the changes
git reset --hard HEAD~1

Example 2: git cancel last commit

git reset --soft HEAD~1

Example 3: revert git commit

git revert <the_commit_hash>

Example 4: undo most recent commit

$ git commit -m "some comment"                
$ git reset HEAD~                                          
<< edit files as necessary >>                              
$ git add ...                                              
$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD

Example 5: how to revert a git revert

git revert <commitHashOfTheRevert> # locate the hash the revert was done 
                             #this will invert the changes made in that commit
                             #and preserve the git history

Example 6: revert commit git

$ git log --oneline
9ef9173 File with one line