Rewinding a remote branch [GIT]

Rewinding a remote branch [GIT]

You were working in a feature branch but accidentally pushed commits to the master/develop branch.

First, you have to know the exact commit ID or number of commits that was pushed. You can use git log pretty=oneline to get the information.

If you don't have an exact copy of the branch you would love to revert to and would love to keep the commit history, then create a dummy branch that holds the exact commit logs, ensure it branches from the branch with the original changes git checkout -b {dummy-branch-name}

Next, return back to the branch you pushed to accidentally with git checkout {branch-name} and run git reset {commit-id} --hard if you have a valid commit ID or git reset HEAD^{commit-count} if you have a commit count you want to revert back to.

Next, do git stash to put the changes aside in a trash can, ensure that the head of the current branch is at the exact commit you want, then run git push --force. This would force a rewrite in the remote branch and revert the changes as you had done locally.

I hope this removes someone from distress!!!

Gracias