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Use GIT revert if you would like to remove specific git commits from your repo. If you would like to revert to a specific commit, GIT reset is a better option for you.
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  1. Open Terminal app and navigate to your local folder with the repo you would like to revert changes
  2. Selet the branch you would like revert by running git checkout <branch-name-here>
  3. Run git log --oneline to see all of the commits
  4. On the left each commit has a hash ID, find the commit you would like to revert to and highlight and copy that ID to the clipboard.
  5. Run git revert --no-commit <commit-id> To revert a range of commits, use git revert --no-commit <start-range_commit-hash-id>..<end-range_commit-hash-id>
  6. Then run git revert --continue
  7. A revert msg window will appear, update the message and follow the instratctions to save/exit the window.
  8. In your git history you should now see the revert commit and changes reverted from your local GIT repo
  9. Run git push origin <branch-name> to upload the latest changes to github.
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