So I have an old file repo/foo.txt foo.txt has undergone many changes over the years.
Recently, I changed something in commit Z. Later on, others changed foo.txt again in commits Y, X. Now, I've been put to the task of "undoing" the changes I made to foo.txt in commit Z. I changed other files as well in commit Z, so I can't do git revert Z. The Google answer is to do git checkout Z^ (the commit before Z). But then I lose the changes committed in Y and X. I also can't rewrite the history here, because the repo is published all over. *Solution 1:* I could do a git revert, then do a reset, commit foo.txt only, and drop the changes in the other files. *Solution 2:* git diff -R Z foo.txt > revert.diff git apply revert.diff I think both solutions above are too cumbersome. Isn't there a smooth way to do something like git revert [SHA] [path] ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
