Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Hello all, > > Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I > executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails > version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten > and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous > commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to > know how to do this anyway. :) > > Please help! > > -- > Thanks! > Bryan > See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly: # Updates index as well git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb or # Output can be redirected git show HEAD^:config/boot.rb - Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
