Git: Revert A Single File From A Commit

25th October 2023

First, find the commit and the path to the file.

Then run the following.

git checkout <commit sha> -- path/to/the/file.txt

If the file has been deleted then you'll need to look at the parent commit of the commit you want. This is done with "~1".

git checkout <commit sha>~1 -- path/to/the/file.txt

Then, commit the changes.

git commit -m "Reverting path/to/the/file.txt changes."

An alternative method is to use "git apply".

git show <commit sha> -- path/to/the/file.txt | git apply -R

You will still need to commit the changes after this patch has been applied.

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