On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:20 AM, SandeepKsinha <sandeepksi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently started using git... I know quite late. > > Say, I make some changes and create a patch. > I want to revert back the files to the original/initial revision( when > I created git ), how to do that? > > I tried > git checkout -f > > This didn;t work for me.
Perhaps you have commited your changes to the index already. What you need is 1. git reset --hard 2. alternatively - git branch $newbranchname $shasumofcommitwhichwascleanforyou && git checkout $newbranchname && git branch -d $oldbranchname HTH > > -- > Regards, > Sandeep. > > > > > > > “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.” > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Pradeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
