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Reputation: 41

How can I go back to specific commit without losing the commit history?

I have cloned a lecture project from Github. The project is a finalized one and it contains multiple commit history eg: Lecture 1, Lecture2.

Using the software TortoiseGit, I am able to review the log of Git commits. What I am trying to do is that I need to review code of the same project from lecture 1 to lecture 7.

However, if I try to use reset hard/ check out to go back to specific commit, nothing seems to happen. The folders and files do not seem to change.

I read from the Net that using cleanup command could make it work. So I cleaned up. It indeed went back to the old version. However, the commit history after this commit is missing. Then I cannot proceed.

Thank you in advance

Basic Procedures:

Init: at Lecture 7

Operation1 : Go back to Lecture 1

Operation 2: Go to Lecture 2

Operation 3: ....

Operation 7: go back to lecture 7

Upvotes: 0

Views: 280

Answers (1)

Tim Biegeleisen
Tim Biegeleisen

Reputation: 521239

You may checkout an earlier commit directly via:

# from your_branch
git checkout <SHA-1 has of earlier commit>

This will put Git into the detached HEAD state, where the HEAD points some earlier commit in the branch, but is not actually on a particular branch. You may poke around and review the code, and when you are finished, return to your original branch via:

git checkout your_branch

Upvotes: 1

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