reset to commit git code example

Example 1: git reset to commit

# reset to specefic commit
git reset --hard <commit id>

# to go back one step 
git reset --hard HEAD~1

# note: use --soft to keep file changes

Example 2: 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 3: how to revert to log in git

git revert --no-commit 0766c053..HEAD
git commit

Example 4: undo reset commit git

git reflog //to get commitID
git reset #commitID

Example 5: git reset initial commit

git update-ref -d HEAD

Example 6: reset to commit

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