Question

I need to revert local changes for deployments. (I’d used svn revert for this in old skool SVN days.)

And im using git reset --hard HEAD for this. (Also git fetch and git merge origin/$branch --no-ff for syncronizing with upstream branch.)

But some articles points git checkout -f for reverting changes.

What’s key differences between this commands. Which way is the recommended?

Answer 1

The two of them have the exact same effect. I recommend you to choose the solution you’re the more comfortable with.

But if in this particular case the effect is the same, with different values it would be completely different. Basically (there is more, see linked topics) with a reset you move the current branch and the HEAD to a specific commit but with a checkout, you only move the HEAD . For more details see below.

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Resources:

• git reset
• git checkout

On the same topic:

• Is there a difference between git reset –hard HEAD and git checkout .?
• Is there a difference between “git reset –hard hash” and “git checkout hash”?
• Can you explain to me git reset in plain english?