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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2de67a5496 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +git-revert(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-revert - Revert some existing commits + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>... +'git revert' --continue +'git revert' --quit +'git revert' --abort + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the +related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record +them. This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications +from the HEAD commit). + +Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the +effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to +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 +both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory. + +OPTIONS +------- +<commit>...:: + Commits to revert. + For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see + linkgit:gitrevisions[7]. + Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by + default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk' + option. + +-e:: +--edit:: + With this option, 'git revert' will let you edit the commit + message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if + you run the command from a terminal. + +-m parent-number:: +--mainline parent-number:: + Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which + side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This + option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of + the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change + relative to the specified parent. ++ +Reverting a merge commit declares that you will never want the tree changes +brought in by the merge. As a result, later merges will only bring in tree +changes introduced by commits that are not ancestors of the previously +reverted merge. This may or may not be what you want. ++ +See the link:howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html[revert-a-faulty-merge How-To] for +more details. + +--no-edit:: + With this option, 'git revert' will not start the commit + message editor. + +-n:: +--no-commit:: + Usually the command automatically creates some commits with + commit log messages stating which commits were + reverted. This flag applies the changes necessary + to revert the named commits to your working tree + and the index, but does not make the commits. In addition, + when this option is used, your index does not have to match + the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the + beginning state of your index. ++ +This is useful when reverting more than one commits' +effect to your index in a row. + +-s:: +--signoff:: + Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. + +--strategy=<strategy>:: + Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once. + See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1] + for details. + +-X<option>:: +--strategy-option=<option>:: + Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the + merge strategy. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details. + +SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS +--------------------- +include::sequencer.txt[] + +EXAMPLES +-------- +`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~5..master~2`:: + + Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit + in master (included) to the third last commit in master + (included), but do not create any commit with the reverted + changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the + index. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |