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Undo
Title: Add Undo Functionalities for Commit, Merge, Push, and File Changes Description: This pull request introduces new functionalities to the Git CLI to facilitate undoing various Git operations. The following features have been added:
Undo Commit:
A new command to undo the last commit using git reset --soft HEAD~1. This retains the changes in the working directory but removes the commit from the branch history.
Undo Merge:
A functionality to revert the last merge operation using git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD. This completely undoes the merge, restoring the branch to its state before the merge.
Undo Push:
Added a command to forcefully undo the last push with git push --force. This is particularly useful for retracting changes that were pushed to a remote repository by mistake.
Undo File Changes:
Introduced a new command to restore a file to its last committed state using git restore
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There are issues in commit fffe690698091dcde3bfe28acfd6d813d2d57b76:
Add tempfile.txt for testing undo push
Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
Commit not signed off
There are issues in commit 058dceec1923e2feb04711027b4022ca664d993b:
Add tempfile.txt for testing undo push
Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
Commit not signed off
There are issues in commit a4dbc23dd22e11f1da09bdcf4d7de036288922e3:
Add featurefile.txt on feature-branch
Commit checks stopped - the message is too short
Commit not signed off
There is a merge commit in this Pull Request:
ccd0ca4dfb342a7a7edd5892973a5febd7527173
Please rebase the branch and force-push.
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@heran25 please use git rebase -i to drop the unrelated commits, and work on the commit message before submitting, following the guidance in https://github.blog/2022-06-30-write-better-commits-build-better-projects/ to improve it, in particular with a strong focus on this part:
| What you’re doing | Why you’re doing it | |
|---|---|---|
| High-level (strategic) | Intent (what does this accomplish?) | Context (why does the code do what it does now?) |
| Low-level (tactical) | Implementation (what did you do to accomplish your goal?) | Justification (why is this change being made?) |