How to delete remote commits in git?

danyson

Danyson

Posted on January 6, 2022

How to delete remote commits in git?

Assume you have pushed commits in order A1 => B2 => C3 in remote repository.

Now you want to delete commits C3 and B2.

The simple solution is as follows using git reset

 git reset --hard <A1-commit-id>
 git push -f origin <branch-name>
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However, you should avoid doing this if anyone else is working with your remote repository and has pulled your changes C3 and B2.

That's where git revert comes in

git revert --no-commit C3
git revert --no-commit B2
git commit -m "commit message for your reverts"
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danyson
Danyson

Posted on January 6, 2022

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