Git: Deleting Multiple Commits

Gregg

Let’s say that you want to delete the last 3 commits that you’ve already pushed to the remote repository. In this example, you want 566dab6 to be the new HEAD revision.

$ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit 57bc36b (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) 3nd set of bad entries on 6th commit dfb4bd3 2nd set of bad entries on 5th commit 0fd1e16 First set of bad entries on 4th commit 566dab6 Yet more good entries on third commit d50370a More good entries on second commit b5fbc6d Good entries on first commit 2cad4c7 Initial commit

You can use git reset, git revert, or git checkout to achieve this goal.

Using reset:

$ git reset --hard HEAD~3 $ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit 566dab6 (HEAD -> master) Yet more good entries on third commit d50370a More good entries on second commit b5fbc6d Good entries on first commit 2cad4c7 Initial commit

Then you have to force push to the origin:

$ git push --force

Using revert:

$ git revert --no-commit 57bc36b $ git revert --no-commit dfb4bd3 $ git revert --no-commit 0fd1e16

or do all 3 at once:

$ git revert --no-commit HEAD~3..

Then do the commit:

$ git commit -m "Fixed commits" $ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit 0da0f42 (HEAD -> master) Fixed commits 57bc36b 3nd set of bad entries on 6th commit dfb4bd3 2nd set of bad entries on 5th commit 0fd1e16 First set of bad entries on 4th commit 566dab6 Yet more good entries on third commit d50370a More good entries on second commit b5fbc6d Good entries on first commit 2cad4c7 Initial commit

Using checkout:

Checkout that revision over the top of local files

$ git checkout -f 566dab6 -- . $ git commit -a $ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit 0da0f42 (HEAD -> master) Fixed commits 57bc36b 3nd set of bad entries on 6th commit dfb4bd3 2nd set of bad entries on 5th commit 0fd1e16 First set of bad entries on 4th commit 566dab6 Yet more good entries on third commit d50370a More good entries on second commit b5fbc6d Good entries on first commit 2cad4c7 Initial commit