1git-revert(1) 2============= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-revert - Revert an existing commit 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit> 11 12DESCRIPTION 13----------- 14Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a 15new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no 16modifications from the HEAD commit). 17 18OPTIONS 19------- 20<commit>:: 21 Commit to revert. 22 For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see 23 "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. 24 25-e:: 26--edit:: 27 With this option, 'git-revert' will let you edit the commit 28 message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if 29 you run the command from a terminal. 30 31-m parent-number:: 32--mainline parent-number:: 33 Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which 34 side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This 35 option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of 36 the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change 37 relative to the specified parent. 38 39--no-edit:: 40 With this option, 'git-revert' will not start the commit 41 message editor. 42 43-n:: 44--no-commit:: 45 Usually the command automatically creates a commit with 46 a commit log message stating which commit was reverted. 47 This flag applies the change necessary to revert the 48 named commit to your working tree, but does not make the 49 commit. In addition, when this option is used, your 50 working tree does not have to match the HEAD commit. 51 The revert is done against the beginning state of your 52 working tree. 53+ 54This is useful when reverting more than one commits' 55effect to your working tree in a row. 56 57-s:: 58--signoff:: 59 Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message. 60 61 62Author 63------ 64Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 65 66Documentation 67-------------- 68Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 69 70GIT 71--- 72Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite