ways to remove commits from git

remove_git_commits.sh

# method 1
git reset --hard $rollback_to_hash # rollback locally
git push --force # force-push

# method 2
git reset --soft HEAD^ # remove commit locally
git push origin +master

# method 3
git reset HEAD^ # remove commit locally
git push origin +HEAD # force-push the new HEAD commit

# method 4
# if you want to still have it in your local repository and only remove it from the remote:
git push origin +HEAD^:$branchname # most likely 'master'

# more: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/gitmagic/ch05.html#_8230_and_then_some

# if removing sensitive data, look here:
# http://help.github.com/remove-sensitive-data/