[SOLVED] Git how to change to a given state

[Belerophon]

Hi.
I'm a newbie in these things:

I have done some commits in a GIT repo, and I realised that my code is all wrong. So I want to change all the files in it to the way they were before a given commit, to a given revision( commit number 10 for example...).

How do I do this??

Thanks.

[artoj]

You can use git reset to reset the state to previous one. The command throws away your commits that follow that state:

For example, if you have this commit history (-> indicating parent):


Commit 1 -> Commit 2 -> Commit 3 -> Commmit 4


And HEAD is at Commit 4, you do a:


git reset --hard HEAD^


You'll end up to Commit 3 and Commit 4 is thrown away.

If you want to end up at Commit 1 from Commit 4 you can use:


git reset --hard HEAD^^^


or


git reset --hard HEAD~3


Always keep backups though, if something goes wrong.

Git documentation:


Every Day Git (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/everyday.html) (gives info about the basic commands, very short and to the point)
Git User Manual (http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html) (the full manual)

[Belerophon]

:D Thank you very much!