This depends a lot on what you mean by “revert”. Temporarily switch to a different commit If you want to temporarily go back to it, fool around, then come back to where you are, all you have to do is check out the desired commit: Or if you want to make commits while you’re there, … Read more
See also git how to undo changes of one file? Update August 2019, Git 2.23 With the new git switch and git restore commands, that would be: By default, only the working tree is restored.If you want to update the index as well (meaning restore the file content, and add it to the index in … Read more
If another_branch already exists locally and you are not on this branch, then git checkout another_branch switches to the branch. If another_branch does not exist but origin/another_branch does, then git checkout another_branch is equivalent to git checkout -b another_branch origin/another_branch; git branch -u origin/another_branch. That’s to create another_branch from origin/another_branch and set origin/another_branch as the … Read more
This depends a lot on what you mean by “revert”. Temporarily switch to a different commit If you want to temporarily go back to it, fool around, then come back to where you are, all you have to do is check out the desired commit: Or if you want to make commits while you’re there, … Read more
Let’s start by explaining what a tag in git is A tag is used to label and mark a specific commit in the history.It is usually used to mark release points (eg. v1.0, etc.). Although a tag may appear similar to a branch, a tag, however, does not change. It points directly to a specific commit in the history and will not … Read more
With One Remote With Git versions ≥ 1.6.6, with only one remote, you can do: As user masukomi points out in a comment, git checkout test will NOT work in modern git if you have multiple remotes. In this case use or the shorthand With >1 Remotes Before you can start working locally on a remote branch, … Read more