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Development Tools Introduction to Git Managing Committed Files Commit SHAs and Undoing Commits

Posted by Nathaniel Davis
Nathaniel Davis
4,422 Points

GIT Beginner Having Issues with Revert Subcommand

'm learning to navigate GIT and have had issues using the "git revert" function with Bash on a MAC. I types the git executable and the revert subcommand along with the SHA: "git revert 2c881d" and I got the following error on the terminal:

"your local changes would be overwritten by revert. hint: commit your changes or stash them to proceed. fatal: revert failed" I have tried refreshing the console, git status, doing all I can to clear the terminal but I don't seem to have any options left. Help!

Best,

L

2 Answers

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

Try 'git stash' and then retry 'get revert'

Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points
Jan Oberreiter
Jan Oberreiter
78,020 Points

... use git stash ... regards, Jan. (GitDocs: Use git stash when you want to record the current state of the working directory and the index, but want to go back to a clean working directory. The command saves your local modifications away and reverts the working directory to match the HEAD commit)