{"id":28402,"date":"2015-11-20T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/examples.javacodegeeks.com\/?p=28402"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T11:55:34","slug":"git-remove-commit-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examples.javacodegeeks.com\/software-development\/git\/git-remove-commit-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Git Remove Commit Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this example, we shall show how to remove commits from our git’s log history. As we can see, we can commit every time we want because these commits will persist in our local machine and nobody can access to them if push have not been performed to the git central repository. Commit every change is really good but what if one change does not make sense? That is the perfect moment to apply git reset<\/code> command and undo changes.<\/p>\n

We must take into that we can not  undo changes all the time unless you have been working against your local repository. If you undo changes from git central repository you must perform git push --force<\/code> or git push -f<\/code> in order to rewrite the log history.  Take care to do this if the code is shared with other members.<\/p>\n

 
\nIn the image below, we can see all the commits we have performed in our local repository. The example is very simple, basically we have upgraded the spring-boot version in each commit.<\/p>\n

\"git-remove-commit-example\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Undoing changes with reset<\/h2>\n

Want to undo changes?<\/strong> Then, git reset<\/code> is the simple way to do that. We just need to use the following command:<\/p>\n

git reset <commit><\/pre>\n
Once git reset<\/code> has been performed files involved in the commit are ready to be taken from garbage collector.<\/p>\n
The list below show some flags supported by git reset<\/code> command:<\/p>\n