I cloned a Git Repository and started doing some changes. After working for sometime, I realised that the solution I was trying would never work. I wanted to try another approach.
To do this, I wanted to first undo the changes I had with the bad solution. So that I can then start afresh from the proper base code
The steps I followed were as below :
Cloning Git Repository
I used git clone <repo url> to clone the Git Repository
bash:[work]$ git clone https://github.com/asarfraaz/share2learn
bash:[work]$ ls
share2learn
bash:[work]$ cd share2learn
bash:[share2learn]$
Find modified files in Git Repository
After doing the changes and finding out that the solution wont work, I first wanted to list the files that I modified for this solution
I used git status to list the files that were modified
bash:[share2learn]$ git status
On branch main
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: some_folder/somefile.txt
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
bash:[share2learn]$ git diff
# Displays all the differences since the last commit
.....
bash:[share2learn]$
NOTE: The changes made were present in working directory and were not yet added to the staging area
Undo changes in working tree of Git Repository
I wanted to undo the changes in ‘somefile.txt’ file
I used git restore <file_path> to revert the repository to the state it was prior to my changes
bash:[share2learn]$ git restore somefolder/somefile.txt
bash:[share2learn]$ git status
On branch main
nothing to commit, working tree clean
bash:[share2learn]$
Another way to do the same is using git checkout -p
You can read more about it in this stackoverflow answer
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