This example shows how to revert your git commit.
As an example I have modified README.md file in my website
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git diff
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ea578..58e71fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# smccake
+# smccake test
St. Marys church Cake Project
Committed the code with “git commit command”
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git commit -m "test commit" -a
[main 0c92a65] test commit
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git log
commit 0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e (HEAD -> main)
Author: Yogindar <yogindar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 3 16:12:41 2022 +0530
test commit
Note the commit hash id 0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e. This is what we used to refer back our commits.
Now we wanted to revert the commit, we can use the “git revert” command with the commit hash.
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git revert 0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e
[main 5c26ac1] Revert “test commit”
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
You can do a “git push”
I’m going to give you another extra lecture on how to add the reverted changes back.
So we know the commit hash, now generate the diff again using the commit hash.
Create a patch with the diff and apply it.
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git diff “0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e^” 0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e
git diff “0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e^” 0c92a659288e78cd277acd57ec5bdb8aec37464e > changes.patch
diff –git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ea578..58e71fc 100644
— a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# smccake
+# smccake test
St. Marys church Cake Project
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git apply changes.patch
C:\code\smccake\smccake>git diff
diff –git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ea578..58e71fc 100644
— a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# smccake
+# smccake test
St. Marys church Cake Project
Happy giting…:-)