git revert to undo a commit safely - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to revert the last commit safely.

Git

git [1] HEAD

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Arevert

Breset

Ccheckout

Dcommit

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git reset' which rewrites history and can cause problems.

Using 'git checkout' which switches branches or files.

Using 'git commit' which creates a new commit but does not revert.

The git revert command safely undoes a commit by creating a new commit that reverses the changes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to revert a specific commit by its hash.

Git

git revert [1]

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AHEAD~1

Babc1234

Corigin/main

Dmaster

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using branch names instead of commit hashes.

Using relative references like HEAD~1 when a specific commit hash is needed.

To revert a specific commit, use its commit hash like abc1234.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the revert command to undo the last commit safely.

Git

git [1] HEAD

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Areset

Bbranch

Crevert

Dmerge

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'git reset' which can cause loss of commits.

Using 'git merge' or 'git branch' which do not revert commits.

The correct command to safely undo a commit is git revert. Using reset changes history unsafely.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to revert the last two commits safely.

Git

git revert [1] [2]

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AHEAD

BHEAD~1

CHEAD~2

DHEAD~3

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commits older than the last two.

Reverting commits in wrong order.

To revert the last two commits, revert HEAD~1 and HEAD in order.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to revert a merge commit without auto-committing.

Git

git revert [1] -m [2] [3]

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Aabc1234

B1

C--no-commit

D--no-edit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -m without a number.

Confusing --no-commit with --no-edit.

Omitting the commit hash.

This command reverts commit abc1234, specifies parent 1 for merge commits, and uses --no-commit to stage changes without committing immediately.