How can I (simply) undo changes to a file in GIT?

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lets say I have a file, and lets call it "A.java".

....I don't have any hash tag ids / etc... I just want to go back to the file in the state before I screwed it up .

Do you mean `master` branch? Or is your the remote repo actually called `master`? — svick, Nov 20 '11 at 03:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '11 at 03:06

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git reset --hard will reset all files in the repository back to their state. git checkout A.java will reset just that file.

answered Nov 20 '11 at 03:06

Jim Deville

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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git checkout -- <filename>

this will checkout your file to the master repository.

Check this out for more information

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

Community

answered Nov 20 '11 at 03:08

TheOneTeam

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 20 '11 at 03:07

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git checkout -- A.java
git pull #if you need to pull changes from the remote.

This assumes you haven't already tried to pull and are in the middle of a merge.

answered Nov 20 '11 at 03:07

Stefan Kendall

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