How to go back to a specific commit and discard the changes?

git reset --hard YOURSHA

To go back to a specific commit and discard the changes use git reset --hard YOURSHA.

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

The --hard flag discards your reverted changes.

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

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 --hard 9cfff18

HEAD is now at 9cfff18 Adding file.txt

See git reset to learn more about it.