* Help reverting a particular file
@ 2008-08-11 23:00 Bryan Richardson
2008-08-11 23:33 ` Eric Raible
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From: Bryan Richardson @ 2008-08-11 23:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hello all,
Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I
executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails
version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten
and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous
commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to
know how to do this anyway. :)
Please help!
--
Thanks!
Bryan
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* Re: Help reverting a particular file
2008-08-11 23:00 Help reverting a particular file Bryan Richardson
@ 2008-08-11 23:33 ` Eric Raible
2008-08-12 6:15 ` Alex Riesen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Raible @ 2008-08-11 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I
> executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails
> version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten
> and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous
> commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to
> know how to do this anyway. :)
>
> Please help!
>
> --
> Thanks!
> Bryan
>
See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly:
# Updates index as well
git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb
or
# Output can be redirected
git show HEAD^:config/boot.rb
- Eric
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* Re: Help reverting a particular file
2008-08-11 23:33 ` Eric Raible
@ 2008-08-12 6:15 ` Alex Riesen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alex Riesen @ 2008-08-12 6:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Raible; +Cc: git
Eric Raible, Tue, Aug 12, 2008 01:33:17 +0200:
> Bryan Richardson <btricha <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to revert a particular file using git? I
> > executed a commit, then froze my Rails application to the latest Rails
> > version. This caused my custom config/boot.rb file to be overwritten
> > and I would like to restore it without rolling back to the previous
> > commit (which would roll back the rails freeze). In general I need to
> > know how to do this anyway. :)
> >
>
> See corresponding man page for full details, but briefly:
>
> # Updates index as well
> git checkout HEAD^ -- config/boot.rb
>
That'd revert it to the _previous_ commit, not the current, while he
seems to need the recently committed state in his working tree:
git checkout HEAD -- config/boot.rb
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