How can I remove a commit on github?

Question

I "accidentally" pushed a commit to github.

Is it possible to remove this commit?

I want to revert my github repository as it was before this commit.

Answer 1

First, remove the commit on your local repository. You can do this using git rebase -i. For example, if it's your last commit, you can do git rebase -i HEAD~1 and delete the first line.

Then, force push using git push origin +master.

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

Oh, and if your working tree is dirty, you might want to do a git stash first, and a git stash apply after.

Answer 2

you probably want to check out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/443896/removing-code-from-github

Answer 3

git push -f origin HEAD^:master

That should "undo" the push.