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Bertram Scharpf schreef:
> Hi,
> 
> I fetched a line from the shell's history and accidentally hit
> enter before editing it. Then I had commited some work that was
> not completed. Is there a way to get rid of that commit as if it
> never were there?

Try:
git reset --soft HEAD~1

You could also:
git commit --amend ...

when you realy finish the commit.

> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bertram
> 
>