How to use Git Revert

The git revert command expects a list of commit references.

The changes made by each commit will be reverted and a new commit will be made with the message: Revert "[REVERTED COMMIT MSG]"

This command expects your working tree to be clean, if you want to throw away your local changes checkout git reset

The command might me misleading. It does not revert the actual commit - as in, it does not remove the commit from your git history. It creates a new commit that revert the changes from the specified commits.

Command options

git revert <commit>... [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] 

To revert the last commit

git revert HEAD

The command above will:

1. Get the changes from the latest commit.
2. Reverse the changes.
3. Commit the reversed changes.

Nice options to use

Edit message

git revert HEAD --edit

This option will open your editor and prompts you to edit the revert commit message.

Stage changes

git revert HEAD --no-commit

This option will not create a new commit. It will leave the reverse changes in your working tree.

Resources

Checkout the official documentation for full details