How to revert a single file from Git Repo

Let's say we have a git repo named myrepo and we have 4 files in it.

% ls -l

-rw-r--r--  1 c2ctechtv  staff  0 Aug 15 13:07 script1.sh
-rw-r--r--  1 c2ctechtv  staff  0 Aug 15 13:08 script2.sh
-rw-r--r--  1 c2ctechtv  staff  0 Aug 15 13:08 script3.sh
-rw-r--r--  1 c2ctechtv  staff  0 Aug 15 13:11 script4.sh

Now let us take a look at the commits.

% git log --oneline 

a7b6be2 (HEAD -> main) added script4
e338436 added two files
6c9e0b7 initial commit

So we have 3 commits.

Now I want to revert just one file which is script2.sh

Steps to revert a single file from Git Repo

Step 1: Identify the commit hash for the file

In our case it is e338436.




Step 2: Revert the File:

git checkout e338436 -- script2.sh



You can review the changes using git status command.




Step 3: Commit the Reverted Changes::

git add script2.sh
git commit -m "Revert script2.sh to previous state"




Step 4: Pust changes to Origin:

Finally we push the changes to Origin Server (GitHub/BitBucket/GitLab)

git push origin main