Eric Raible, Tue, Aug 12, 2008 01:33:17 +0200: > Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > 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. :) > > > > See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly: > > # Updates index as well > git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb > That'd revert it to the _previous_ commit, not the current, while he seems to need the recently committed state in his working tree: git checkout HEAD -- config/boot.rb -- 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
