How to unmerge a previously merged commit in git?

by elisha_langworth , in category: Third Party Scripts , 4 months ago

How to unmerge a previously merged commit in git?

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by adan , 4 months ago

@elisha_langworth 

To unmerge a previously merged commit in Git, you will need to use the git revert command.


Here are the steps to unmerge a commit:

  1. Find the commit hash of the merge commit that you want to unmerge. You can use git log command to view the commit history and find the hash of the merge commit.
  2. Use the following command to revert the merge commit:
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git revert -m 1 <commit-hash>


Replace <commit-hash> with the actual hash of the merge commit that you want to unmerge.

  1. Git will create a new commit that undoes the changes introduced by the merge commit.
  2. After reverting the merge commit, you can push the changes to the remote repository using git push.


This process effectively unmerges the commit by undoing the changes introduced by the merge commit.