How Do I Revert All Local Changes in Git Managed Project to Previous State?
Better Stack Team
Updated on June 24, 2024
To revert all local changes in a Git-managed project to the state of the previous commit, you can use the following commands:
git reset --hard HEAD
This command resets the current branch to the state of the HEAD
commit, which is the last commit on the current branch. The --hard
option discards all changes in the working directory and staging area, reverting the repository to the state of the previous commit.
Note:
- Be cautious when using
git reset --hard
, as it permanently removes all local changes, including uncommitted work. Make sure you don't have any important changes that you want to keep. - If you have any untracked files in your working directory that you want to keep, make sure to back them up before running the command, as
git reset --hard
will delete untracked files.
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