1git-revert(1) 2============= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-revert - Revert an existing commit 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] <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 gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]. 24 25-e|--edit:: 26 With this option, `git-revert` will let you edit the commit 27 message prior committing the revert. This is the default if 28 you run the command from a terminal. 29 30--no-edit:: 31 With this option, `git-revert` will not start the commit 32 message editor. 33 34-n|--no-commit:: 35 Usually the command automatically creates a commit with 36 a commit log message stating which commit was reverted. 37 This flag applies the change necessary to revert the 38 named commit to your working tree, but does not make the 39 commit. In addition, when this option is used, your 40 working tree does not have to match the HEAD commit. 41 The revert is done against the beginning state of your 42 working tree. 43+ 44This is useful when reverting more than one commits' 45effect to your working tree in a row. 46 47 48Author 49------ 50Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 51 52Documentation 53-------------- 54Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 55 56GIT 57--- 58Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 59