git revert is failing

Question

i am trying to revert a commit but getting this error:

error: commit c89902d4bda1937ebb30c265758996c478f4bafa is a merge but no -m option was given.

fatal: revert failed

Not sure what to do. Please help.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 28 '20 at 06:02

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To revert a merge commit you need to specify --mainline parent-number or -m parent-number, can you try the following command:

git revert -m1 <commit-id>

answered Jan 28 '20 at 06:02

Arpit Aggarwal

do i need to repush my branch to github after this command? – raju Jan 28 '20 at 06:10
If you wish to update remote branch then you have to push the code. Since above command revert the commit in your local only. – Arpit Aggarwal Jan 28 '20 at 06:12
Read the [documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-revert). It is the best source for git help. – yanislavgalyov Jan 28 '20 at 09:17

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