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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T11:14:00+00:00 2026-06-02T11:14:00+00:00

In CVS, sometimes I do replace with the latest from head to abandon local

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In CVS, sometimes I do “replace with the latest from head” to abandon local changes to a file as the local changes might be messed up and one would like to start afresh with that file, while keeping any uncommitted local changes made to other files. How to do the equivalent in Mercurial and Git?

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    2026-06-02T11:14:02+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 11:14 am

    For Mercurial, use hg revert. See hg help revert.

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    To clarify, hg revert changes files to a previous revision. hg update changes the parent changeset to a different revision. In both cases, uncommitted changes are preserved unless -C is used.

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