Git - basic commands and how to revert them

Mohammed — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 12:06:04 +0000

Git is a version control system that allows developers to collaborate and share code easily.

You mostly already know what git is so let's get to the point,
in this post I will share the basic commands that you'll use everyday and the commands to revert them

Unmodifying modified files

To unmodify a file and revert it back to how it looked like in the last commit, run:

git restore <filename>

Staging Files

You can add a file to the staging area by running:
you can also use a . in place of the file name to select all files in the directory

git add <filename>

you can unstage files by running:

git restore --staged <filename>

Committing changes

when you are done with your changes and have added your files to the staging area, then you can run:

git commit

to undo your commit, use the reset command which will destroy the commit and its changes, use the --soft option to keep the changes and put them in the staging area

git reset HEAD~1

if you only want to add more changes to the commit, or just change the commit message, then you can simply:

git commit --amend

the --amend option will get all the files in the staging area, put them in the previous commit, and ask you for a new commit message

And there you go, the simple everyday git commands and how to revert them

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Git - basic commands and how to revert them

Unmodifying modified files

Staging Files

Committing changes