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- Q: How can I __revert__ a commit?

`$ git commit -m "Something terribly misguided" (1).`
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single backticks for words or single lines

three backticks
surrounding multiple lines
for code blocks

`$ git reset HEAD~ (2).`
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Only surround commands by quotes, not the whole line. like git reset HEAD

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Strictly speaking this is a reset. A reset is a command to go back in time. a revert would be undoing a single commit - I.e. applying a commit to the end of your commit history that does the opposite of the specified commit. That is, added lines become deleted, deleted lines are added.

`<< edit files as necessary >> (3).`
`$ git add ... (4).`
`$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD (5).`
`comment from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-to-undo-the-most-recent-commits-in-git.`


- Q: I keep accidentally adding files I don't want to commit (e.g. compiled code, files with passwords etc.), how can I __ignore__ these files?

- Q: What's the difference between `git pull` and `git fetch`?
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