33.36 Git Revert Commits

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Suppose you have pushed a few commits to the remote repository (origin), and then realise these should really be in a new branch for development before they get committed to main.

Begin by taking a local copy of the commits. Then revert the remote repository to the commit you want to retain, which in our example means removing the latest 8 commits. Then push that back to the remote repository (origin):

git switch main
git reset --hard main~8
git push origin main --force-with-lease

If it is the last commit that has been pushed then:

git switch main
git reset --hard main~8
git push origin main --force-with-lease

Or if the last pushed commit is e2b7166 then:

git switch main
git reset --hard e2b7166
git push origin +main

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