Git Revert Back to a Specific Commit - Shell/Bash

If you are working on a Git repository, and at some point you need to revert back to a specific commit, this guide will help you do so using Shell/Bash.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have Git installed on your system. You can check if Git is installed by running the following command:

git --version

If you don't have Git installed, you can download and install it for your operating system here.

You also need to have a working Git repository with at least one commit available.

Reverting to a Specific Commit

1. First, you need to identify the commit hash you want to revert to. You can do this by running the following command:

git log

This will display a list of all the commits in the repository, along with their commit hashes, timestamps, and commit messages. The commit hash is a string of characters that uniquely identifies each commit.

2. Once you have identified the commit hash you want to revert to, you can use the following command to revert your repository to that commit:

git revert <commit hash>

Replace <commit hash> with the actual commit hash you want to revert to.

3. Git will create a new commit that reverts the changes made in the commit you selected. You will be prompted to enter a commit message for the revert commit. Enter a descriptive message that explains why you are reverting to this commit.

[master 1234567] Revert "commit message" (optional message explaining why you reverted to this commit)
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

4. Finally, you can push the changes to remote repository using:

git push origin master

Replace master with the name of the branch you want to push the changes to.

Conclusion

In this guide, we showed you how to revert your Git repository to a specific commit using Shell/Bash. We hope that you found this guide useful, and if you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the comments section below.