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