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How to undo the last commit in Git

If you haven't pushed yet, run git reset --soft HEAD~1: the commit disappears and its changes stay staged. If you already pushed it, use git revert <commit> instead, which adds a new commit that undoes it without rewriting shared history.

Step by step

  1. Undo the commit but keep the changes staged:

    $ git reset --soft HEAD~1

  2. Or keep the changes but unstaged:

    $ git reset HEAD~1

  3. Or throw the changes away completely (careful):

    $ git reset --hard HEAD~1

  4. Already pushed? Undo it with a new commit instead:

    $ git revert <commit-id>

HEAD~1 means "one commit before the current one". The undone commit isn't deleted right away: git reflog can still find it.

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