+
See also the --amend option to linkgit:git-commit[1].
-Undo commits permanently::
-+
-------------
-$ git commit ...
-$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1>
-------------
-+
-<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad
-and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if
-you have already given these commits to somebody else. (See the
-"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for
-the implications of doing so.)
-
Undo a commit, making it a topic branch::
+
------------
<2> Rewind the master branch to get rid of those three commits.
<3> Switch to "topic/wip" branch and keep working.
+Undo commits permanently::
++
+------------
+$ git commit ...
+$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 <1>
+------------
++
+<1> The last three commits (HEAD, HEAD^, and HEAD~2) were bad
+and you do not want to ever see them again. Do *not* do this if
+you have already given these commits to somebody else. (See the
+"RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for
+the implications of doing so.)
+
Undo a merge or pull::
+
------------
Suppose you are working on something and you commit it, and then you
continue working a bit more, but now you think that what you have in
your working tree should be in another branch that has nothing to do
-with what you commited previously. You can start a new branch and
+with what you committed previously. You can start a new branch and
reset it while keeping the changes in your work tree.
+
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