Restore file from old commit in git
I have an old commit that I did a few weeks ago. I want to restore only a single file from that commit. What do I do?
Solution 1:
git checkout 'master@{7 days ago}' -- path/to/file.txt
This will not alter HEAD, it will just overwrite the local file path/to/file.txt
See man git-rev-parse for possible revision specifications there (of course a simple hash (like dd9bacb) will do nicely)
Don't forget to commit the change (after a review...)
Solution 2:
- Check out the file from your old commit via
git checkout [Revision_Key] -- path/to/file. - Add, commit, push as appropriate.