GitHub-在不影响本地存储库的情况下删除推送的提交

Question

What is the best way to remove commits from GitHub without affecting my local repositories since i made some commits that i wish to keep?

Github repository has two wrong commits that i desire to remove while keeping the commits on my local repository.

Answer 1

Assuming the current repository state is this:

server:         A---B---C---D
                            ^master

workstation:    A---B---C---D
                            ^HEAD
                            ^master
                            ^origin/master

And the desired state is this:

server:         A---B
                    ^master

workstation:    A---B---C---D
                            ^HEAD
                            ^master
                    ^origin/master

Then what you can do to get there is this:

$ git push --force origin bbbbbbbb:master

where bbbbbbbb is the commit hash of B.

Notes:

• As with all --force , be careful. You can get yourself into a place that's difficult to come out of.
• Make sure all your team members know what you're doing. They may inadvertently push C and D right back into the repository if they don't update their own repository correctly after you push.
• If any other tags/branches point to commits C and D, they'll remain accessible through there.
• Commits C and D and all changes in them may not be instantly deleted. They will be removed in a garbage collection pass at an undefined moment in time.