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From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
To: John Lumby <johnlumby@hotmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git -- how to revert build to as-originally-cloned?
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:42:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=nFf_6oULwqtC=--JBS9py3fvjwA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DD44DCD.7010508@hotmail.com>

> am stuck trying to revert a private kernel build back to the state in which I originally cloned it,
> (after probably doing the wrong thing  -  as below).     Hoping someone can advise.

I just wanted to add that usually when I "mess up" and want to revert
to a previous state, I usually simply `git reflog`, find where I was
before messing up, then `git reset --hard` to the desired SHA1.

Hope it helps,
Philippe

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-05-20 14:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-18 22:53 git -- how to revert build to as-originally-cloned? John Lumby
2011-05-18 23:26 ` Tim Mazid
2011-05-19 15:27   ` John Lumby
2011-05-20  2:16     ` Tim Mazid
2011-05-20 14:15       ` John Lumby
2011-05-20 14:42 ` Philippe Vaucher [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-05-20 16:25 George Spelvin
2011-05-20 19:18 ` John Lumby
2011-05-20 19:34   ` Paul Ebermann
2011-05-20 20:22   ` George Spelvin
2011-05-20 20:26     ` George Spelvin

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