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   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