Re: [TuxOnIce-devel] How do you "back out" a "git pull"?

Hi.

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 13:36 -0700, Kenneth Crudup wrote:
> Suppose I don't care for the latest git snapshot; is there a way to back
> it out (preferably by date/time) in a given tree?

Finding the commit you're after could be done by:
- using gitk and noting the (long) sha id
- making a (temporary) branch before pulling and then doing git checkout
-f {branchname}
- if the reference is tagged, using the tag (eg v2.6.26)

You could then git seek to the reference.

Hope that helps!

Nigel