Git - revert everything under a specific directory to how it was at a given SHA

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In git, how to I revert everything in a specific directory to how it was at a given SHA, leaving changes elsewhere in the repo untouched?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6119036/how-to-revert-a-folder-to-a-particular-commit-by-creating-a-patch — Ben Aston, Aug 27 '14 at 19:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '14 at 19:21

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It sounds like you want:

git checkout REVISION -- path/to/revert

Just to play it safe, save off your changes elsewhere before doing this. There's no way back if you have local modifications.

answered Aug 27 '14 at 19:21

John Szakmeister

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