On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 4:03 PM, vibisreenivasan <vibi_sreenivasan@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: pradeep singh <pradeep.rautela@xxxxxxxxx> > To: SandeepKsinha <sandeepksinha@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: using git > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:20 AM, SandeepKsinha <sandeepksinha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have recently started using git... I know quite late. >> >> Say, I make some changes and create a patch. >> I want to revert back the files to the original/initial revision( when >> I created git ), how to do that? >> >> I tried >> git checkout -f >> >> This didn;t work for me. > > Perhaps you have commited your changes to the index already. > What you need is > 1. git reset --hard > Dont we have to say the commit name to which HEAD must be changed? > If a commit was not made this command will change the index & working > directory change to last HEAD. > here since Sandeep has already commited so HEAD will be at the last > commit, so we have to give git reset --hard $(last clean commit) Yes but I was assuming he must have read man page for it as suggested by Manish. Cu, > thanks & regards > vibi > > 2. alternatively - git branch $newbranchname > $shasumofcommitwhichwascleanforyou && git checkout $newbranchname && > git branch -d $oldbranchname > > HTH > >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Sandeep. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.” >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >> "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >> >> > > > > > > -- Pradeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
