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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If
you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout
-<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
+<commit> \-- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
OPTIONS
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@ effect to your index in a row.
EXAMPLES
--------
-git revert HEAD~3::
+`git revert HEAD~3`::
Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
-git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2::
+`git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2`::
Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
in master (included) to the third last commit in master