Documentation/git-revert.txt

   1 git-revert(1)
   2 =============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-revert - Revert an existing commit
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
  15 new commit that records it.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no
  16 modifications from the HEAD commit).
  17
  18 OPTIONS
  19 -------
  20 <commit>::
  21         Commit to revert.
  22         For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
  23         "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
  24
  25 -e::
  26 --edit::
  27         With this option, `git-revert` will let you edit the commit
  28         message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
  29         you run the command from a terminal.
  30
  31 -m parent-number::
  32 --mainline parent-number::
  33         Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
  34         side of the merge should be considered the mainline.  This
  35         option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
  36         the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
  37         relative to the specified parent.
  38
  39 --no-edit::
  40         With this option, `git-revert` will not start the commit
  41         message editor.
  42
  43 -n::
  44 --no-commit::
  45         Usually the command automatically creates a commit with
  46         a commit log message stating which commit was reverted.
  47         This flag applies the change necessary to revert the
  48         named commit to your working tree, but does not make the
  49         commit.  In addition, when this option is used, your
  50         working tree does not have to match the HEAD commit.
  51         The revert is done against the beginning state of your
  52         working tree.
  53 +
  54 This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
  55 effect to your working tree in a row.
  56
  57 -s::
  58 --signoff::
  59         Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
  60
  61
  62 Author
  63 ------
  64 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  65
  66 Documentation
  67 --------------
  68 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  69
  70 GIT
  71 ---
  72 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite