GIT-REVERT(1) Git Manual GIT-REVERT(1)NAMEgit-revert - Revert an existing commit
SYNOPSISgit-revert [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] <commit>
DESCRIPTION
Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and
record a new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to
be clean (no modifications from the HEAD commit).
OPTIONS
<commit>
Commit to revert. For a more complete list of ways to spell
commit names, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
git-rev-parse(1).
-e|--edit
With this option, git-revert will let you edit the commit
message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
you run the command from a terminal.
-m parent-number|--mainline parent-number
Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This option
specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of the mainline
and allows revert to reverse the change relative to the
specified parent.
--no-edit
With this option, git-revert will not start the commit message
editor.
-n|--no-commit
Usually the command automatically creates a commit with a commit
log message stating which commit was reverted. This flag applies
the change necessary to revert the named commit to your working
tree, but does not make the commit. In addition, when this
option is used, your working tree does not have to match the
HEAD commit. The revert is done against the beginning state of
your working tree.
This is useful when reverting more than one commits' effect to
your working tree in a row.
AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
Part of the git(7) suite
Git 1.5.5.2 10/21/2008 GIT-REVERT(1)
