Undo a pushed commit by creating an inverse commit with git revert
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Documented steps
Identify the commit(s) to undo; `git revert <commit>` creates NEW commit(s) that reverse the target's changes and does NOT rewrite history — safe for already-pushed commits.
Run `git revert <commit>` (e.g. `git revert HEAD~3` to undo the fourth-last change). An editor opens for the revert message; Git supplies a default 'Revert ...' message.
To avoid the editor, use `git revert --no-edit`. To stage the inverse changes without committing, use `git revert --no-commit <commit>` (also written `-n`).
For a merge commit you must specify which parent to treat as the mainline: `git revert --mainline <parent-number> <merge-sha>` (parents are numbered from 1).
Revert several commits in one pass and commit once by chaining `git revert -n a b c` then `git commit`.
On conflict, resolve files, `git add <paths>`, then `git revert --continue`; or `git revert --abort` to cancel and return to the pre-sequence state.
Push the new revert commit normally — it does not require force-push because history is preserved.
Official docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-revert
Known gotchas
`git revert` requires a clean working tree (no uncommitted modifications from HEAD); use `git reset --hard` or `git restore` if you need to discard uncommitted changes instead.
Reverting a merge officially declares you never want that merge's tree changes; later merges will not re-introduce commits that are ancestors of the reverted merge.
Long chains of reverts produce unwieldy messages ('Reapply Reapply ...'); consider rewording them.
`-m`/`--mainline` is REQUIRED for merge commits — reverting a merge without it errors out.
Use `--no-commit` when reverting multiple commits so the sequence stages cleanly into a single commit rather than making one commit each.
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