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J_Strauton
J_Strauton

Reputation: 2418

How do I save a `git reset`

I have a few commits I want to get rid off. If I use the line below they disappear but if I do a sync or pull they return. 

git reset --hard HEAD^1

How do I make sure the reset sticks on a remote branch named master?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 76

Answers (3)

user5154412
user5154412

Reputation:

Does anyone else have access to the remote repository? If so, you'll need to apologize to them first, and warn them to back up their refs before their next pull, in case they have any work done since your bad push.

Once you've reset-hard, push-force.

$ git push -f

Be warned: you're forcing a push, meaning you're throwing away commits from a remote (shared?) repository. This affects any and all other collaborators, in a term coined "pulling the rug from under people's feet".

Upvotes: 2

Borealid
Borealid

Reputation: 98459

You need to push the new HEAD to the remote master.

    git push origin +HEAD:master

This is very dangerous. Make triply sure you're pushing the right thing. Anyone else who pulled the "bad" commits will have trouble.

Upvotes: 3

Jonathon Reinhart
Jonathon Reinhart

Reputation: 137398

You're not supposed to. Once pushed, your commits are published and shouldn't be removed. Otherwise you could prevent changes someone else has made atop the original commit from being merged.

Instead you should git revert the bad commit and push the new commit that removes it.

Other answers will tell you how to "force push" but considering your question is tagged GitHub, your code should already be considerd public.

Upvotes: 3

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