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git reset back to a previous commit
Sometimes you might want to take a local branch back to a previous commit (or state... like in between several amend commits) without actually reverting commits.
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git reset --hard HEAD |
Reset specific file to previous commit version
From time to time you may need/want to reset a specific file to a version in a previous commit. What you essentially want to do is "checkout" the file from said commit:
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git checkout <COMMIT-HASH> -- path/file |
For example, suppose I want to check reset the current file found in the path (relative to the git root foler) "i3/config", I would do:
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git checkout 3b5e3ff7ab0c3d61984532950a1c7acfe3f9efa6 -- i3/config |
where 3b5e3ff7ab0c3d61984532950a1c7acfe3f9efa6 is the commit hash (you can also use the "short" hash 3b5e3ff).
Create orphan branch
In some instances you might need/want to create a branch which is not based on another branch. This is known as an orphan branch. Some git front-ends provide a nice way of doing this but many (even good ones) do not. No matter, you can always create one from the command line, like so:
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