๐ ๏ธ How to Fix Common Git Mistakes (With Commands)
๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Letโs face it: Git is powerful, but it can be intimidating. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned developer, youโve probably made a mistake in Git at some pointโlike committing the wrong file, pushing secrets, or dealing with a messy merge.
The good news? Most Git mistakes are fixableโand fast. Here are some of the most common Git blunders and the exact commands you need to fix them.
โ ๐ญ. ๐ข๐ผ๐ฝ๐! ๐ช๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ
git commit --amend -m "New, correct message"
Note: โ ๏ธ Use this only if you havenโt pushed the commit yet.
๐๏ธ ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐
git reset HEAD filename.txt
This removes the file from the staging area but keeps it on disk.
๐ ๐ฏ. ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ (๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐)
git reset --soft HEAD~1
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ:
git reset --mixed HEAD~1
๐ฃ ๐ฐ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ (๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ .๐ฒ๐ป๐)
git rm --cached .env
echo ".env" >> .gitignore
git commit -m "Remove .env and add to .gitignore"
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐:
git filter-branch --force --index-filter
"git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch .env"
--prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
๐ ๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐:
Edit files to resolve conflict markers. Then run: git add . git commit
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ:
git merge --abort
๐ ๐ฒ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต
git push origin main --force git checkout dev git push origin dev Warning: Be careful with --force on shared branches!
๐งฏ ๐ณ. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ
๐๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น:
git reflog
git checkout -b feature-branch
โ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Making mistakes in Git is part of the learning process. The key is knowing how to recover. With the commands in this guide, youโll be able to fix most issues quickly and confidentlyโwithout breaking your repo or workflow.
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