https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_sUUkX4b6E Git Reset =============== This is process of toggling between mutiple commits Git stores the code in the form of multiple versions and it allows us to jum between any version depending on requirement Reset can be done in 3 ways 1 Hard reset 2 Soft Reset 3 Mixed reset Hard Reset ============== Here the HEAD will point to an older commit and we will be able see the data as it was present at the time of the older commit 1 Create a file and store some data vim file1 Go into insert mode by pressing i Add a word "one" To save and quit Esc :wq Enter 2 Send this file into stagging and local repository git add . git commit -m "a" 3 Open the same file1 and make some more changes vim file1 one two Save and quit 4 Send this file into stagging and local repository git add . git commit -m "b" 5 Open the same file and add some more data vim file1 one two three Save and quit 6 Send this file into stagging and local repository git add . git commit -m "c" 7 Check the commit history git log --oneline 8 To hard reset from c to b commit git reset --HARD b_commitid 9 Open the file1 and we should see the data as it was present at b commit cat file1 ========================================================================= Soft reset ============ This will take the repository one step back it if we reset from c to b commit then HEAD will point to b commit but the files will be shown as they are present in the stagging area.ie the status of git just before the c commit happened git reset --soft b_commitid Mixed Reset ================ This will take the repository two steps back it if we reset from c to b commit then HEAD will point to b commit but the files will be shown as they are present in the untracked/modified area. git reset --mixed b_commitid
