Undo changes made in a specific folder in Git

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How I can undo changes made in a specific folder?

I've modified files from multiple folders like

app/code/core/
app/code/local/
app/design/frontend/

I want to undo all the changes made in files present in app/code/core/, while keeping the changes modified in files present in app/code/local/ and app/design/frontend/.

You could also stash specific directory if you want... with that trick: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13941132/338581 — noisy, Jun 15 '15 at 11:57

David Deutsch · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-08T01:30:15.563

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If you want to undo the changes, do git checkout app/code/core/

edited Feb 08 '19 at 01:30

answered Jun 15 '15 at 11:43

David Deutsch

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I went to the folder (for which I want to revert all changes) and typed git checkout ./ – Gopalkrishna Mudaliar Aug 02 '18 at 01:00
It only lists the changes, but does not actually pull them, use `git checkout -f` to force checkout – Aziris Mar 15 '21 at 07:38
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Why does this have so many upvotes? this doesnt do anything for a folder full of moved files/directories – searchengine27 Oct 12 '21 at 16:25

score -4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 07:42

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For me git checkout -f did the trick, git checkout just lists changes without applying them

answered Mar 15 '21 at 07:42

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Be careful with this -- it will undo ALL changes in your entire repo, rather than in a single directory. The reason `git checkout` didn't work for you is that you have to specify a directory with it. For example (for the current directory and all subdirectories): `git checkout .` – Kevin Meboe Jun 17 '21 at 18:53

Undo changes made in a specific folder in Git

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