How to go back to a specific commit?

git reset YOURSHA

To go back to a specific commit use git reset YOURSHA.

The reset command resets your current HEAD to a specific commit, without creating a new commit for the revert.

You need to replace YOURSHA with the SHA of the commit you want to revert to. You can find the SHA with git log.

With no additional flags the reverted changes are kept.

git status

On branch main

nothing to commit, working tree clean

git log --oneline

4392049 (HEAD -> main) Adding README.md

192da0f Adding image.png

9cfff18 Adding file.txt

git reset 9cfff18

git status

On branch main

Untracked files:

  (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

    README.md

    image.png

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

See git reset to learn more about it.