How do I go back to previous Git Commit?

Question

How do I go back to previous commit?

I would like my files to look exactly like all my files did when I committed the below commit.

$ git log commit 81cf7fa47adc0923aeabe323778e2783f2e832f5 Date: Thu Apr 2 21:32:27 2015 +1000

I looked around an so many people have different answers.

Hardik · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-17 10:19:06Z

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You can always checkout to specific commit in git by following command

git checkout commit_hash

So in you case it will be

git checkout 81cf7fa47adc0923aeabe323778e2783f2e832f5

Or HEAD@{1} is the pointer to the one commit back so following will do the same

git checkout HEAD@{1}

answered Apr 17, 2015 at 10:13

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Yes my files still look the same though... Is there something else to do?

maybe it's in previous commit... try to pickup the commit before it (find old commit using git log)

you can also check the difference btw the commits using command git diff commit-hash

vijay · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-17 10:15:11Z

To See Last Commit :

Way 1 : In Terminal type User$ gitk

Way 2 : In Terminal type User$ Git Gui -> Click 'Ammend Last change' radio button On Right Bottom Corner