FAQ: How to Backtrack - git reset II

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This community-built FAQ covers the “git reset II” exercise from the lesson “How to Backtrack”.

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Can we go back to any previous commits by just referencing the 7 characters from the SHA?

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What’s the difference between git reset HEAD and git reset ?

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Hi,
I am stuck in the second step of “exercise git reset II”.

Q. 2) From the terminal, enter the command to reset to a previous commit, using the first 7 characters of one of the past commit SHAs in your Git log.

Thanks in advance.

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Is it me or does this exercise not work?

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For all who are stuck here.
If you do not see $ appearing, please press q. Then you can reset.

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Hi, I was also stuck on the second step. I was just typing random things to move on because the “get unstuck: solution” option was not working for me. I’m not sure why this worked, but it did, and I hope it helps anyone else that’s stuck!

  1. git log
  2. q (to reset)
  3. git reset 5c04eef
  4. git log
  5. git reset d640dc3
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Hi my friend. Some considerations here

  1. “q” is to exit from log
  2. use git log and git status to see how it cheages. Also you can use “nano” to see how files content changes

Let me know

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it works!
let me know

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what happened my friend!?

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Try typing the 7 SHA code characters each manually rather than copying and pasting them, It worked for me.:blush::blush:

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You can use command git log --oneline, it will give better visibility.

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If the 2nd exercise is not working for you, just keep doing the reset on all the commits, it worked for me after doing the reset on the last commit instead of the most recent commit.

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“q” does not work for me either. It does not reset the exercise at all and no matter what I do it’s not working. Not sure why

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Yeah, thanks, for this!
q ENTER
write the command manually (not ctrl+v).
That s ok for me.

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that worked for me thanks

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Couldn’t get this to work initially, it didn’t seem to work when I entered the most recent commit, so I tried a previous one and this worked.

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I can’t seem to get this to work at all. Help would be appreciated.

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Thanks! For me also the most recent commit did not work, but worked 7 numbers from the oldest commit.

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OK, I think I got it finally.
To get rid of LAST commit (or any other) you have to write 7 first digits of commit BEFORE LAST commit.