How to undo a Git commit that hasn’t been pushed
Today we will show you how to undo a Git commit that hasnāt been pushed in Git remote repository. Weāll provide you the three different ways to undo commit which has not been pushed.
Example
In this article, we will create an example to show you a demo. Letās assume that we have created a project repository and create a new file called file1.txt
. Also write some text in this file.
Run the git status
command to see the output.
git add file1.txt
git commit -m āfirst commitā
Check out the following screen after executing the above commands.
Ways to undo commit before push in Git
1. Undo commit and keep file staged
Letās say if we want to undo the commit but keep all files staged then we should use the following command.
git reset --soft HEAD~1
Most of the time we should use this command to update the committed message without touching the file.
2. Undo commit and unstage file
If you want to undo the last commit and unstage all files then you can use the below command.
git reset HEAD~1
3. Undo commit and discard changes
In case you want to undo commit and discard all changes or in other words we can say hard reset the index and working tree then use the following command.
git reset --hard HEAD~1
Note: To change the commit message check out the article: How to change the commit message in git.
Thatās it for today.
Thank you for reading. Happy Coding..!!