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The manual page of git-cherry-pick and git-revert asserts that -n works primarily on the working tree, while in fact the primary object it operates on is the index, and the changes only "accidentally" propagate to the working tree. This e.g. leads innocent #git IRC folks to believe that you can use -n to prepare changes for git-add -i staging. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-revert(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-revert - Revert an existing commit
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
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new commit that records it. This requires your working tree to be clean (no
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modifications from the HEAD commit).
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<commit>::
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Commit to revert.
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For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
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"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
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-e::
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--edit::
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With this option, `git-revert` will let you edit the commit
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message prior to committing the revert. This is the default if
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you run the command from a terminal.
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-m parent-number::
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--mainline parent-number::
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Usually you cannot revert a merge because you do not know which
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side of the merge should be considered the mainline. This
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option specifies the parent number (starting from 1) of
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the mainline and allows revert to reverse the change
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relative to the specified parent.
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--no-edit::
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With this option, `git-revert` will not start the commit
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message editor.
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-n::
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--no-commit::
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Usually the command automatically creates a commit with
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a commit log message stating which commit was
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reverted. This flag applies the change necessary
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to revert the named commit to your working tree
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and the index, but does not make the commit. In addition,
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when this option is used, your index does not have to match
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the HEAD commit. The revert is done against the
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beginning state of your index.
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+
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This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
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effect to your index in a row.
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-s::
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--signoff::
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Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
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Author
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------
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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