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Undoing a 'git push'

I have pushed some bad code, and I am the only user of the repository. How can I rollback my last commit?

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Not a duplicate, a push is different from a commit. – static_rtti Jul 11 '11 at 19:08
    
@manojlds you were suggesting that all and every new question, starting from July 2011, should be marked as a duplicate. – user234736 Aug 4 '15 at 7:49
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Since you are the only user:

git reset --hard HEAD@{1}
git push -f
git reset --hard HEAD@{1}

( basically, go back one commit, force push to the repo, then go back again - remove the last step if you don't care about the commit )

Without doing any changes to your local repo, you can also do something like:

git push -f origin <sha_of_previous_commit>:master

Generally, in published repos, it is safer to do git revert and then git push

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+1 for "Generally, in published repos, it is safer to do git revert and then git push". The only reason I'd recommend rewinding history in a remote is because the OP is the only user. If you're sharing with others, don't go backwards, only ever go forwards. – Dan Ray Jul 11 '11 at 19:21
    
very practical thanks! – Zafer Fatih Koyuncu Sep 6 at 8:50
    
Nice one! Ass saver! :p – Vin.X Oct 20 at 3:35
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First you need to determine the revision ID of the last known commit. You can use HEAD^ or HEAD~{1} if you know you need to reverse exactly one commit.

git reset --hard <revision_id_of_last_known_good_commit>
git push --force
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Thanks a lot :) – Kanishka Panamaldeniya May 10 at 7:07
    
Note that using --hard will erase your local work if you have anything stashed. – Will Lovett Aug 25 at 2:46
    
Simple way to revert local and remote repos to sertain commit by hach id. Ty. – Santiago Battaglino Sep 2 at 17:50

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