Manipulating history is very common for developers who work with Git regularly. Indeed, developers often need to remove commits from the Git history. Luckily, Git provides many commands to make this operation possible. Let’s get to it 😎. Step 0 - Preparation Before manipulating the Git history, ensure that your working directory is clean of any changes using the command. git status Step 1 - Delete commits locally To delete commits from a remote server, first, you will need to remove them from your local history. 1.1 For consecutive commits from the top If the commits you want to remove are placed at the top of your commit history, use the command with the object and the number of commits you want to remove. git reset --hard HEAD git reset --hard HEAD~1 This command will remove the . latest commit git reset --hard HEAD~3 This command will remove the . latest three commits You can also remove up to a specific commit using a commit’s hash, like so: git reset --hard <hash> 1.2 For non-consecutive commits If, however you want to remove non-consecutive commits, you’ll need to use an interactive rebase. Find the last commit hash containing all of the commits you want to remove using the command. [ ] git reflog Start an interactive rebase with . [ ] git rebase -i <hash> In the edit screen, find the commit lines you want to remove and remove them. [ ] Save and exit (you may need to resolve the conflicts) [ ] End the interactive rebase with or start over by . [ ] git rebase --continue aborting the rebase Step 2 - Delete the commits from remote To delete commits from remote, you will need to push your local changes to the remote using the command. git push git push origin HEAD --force Since your local history diverges from the remote history, you need to use the option. force Final thoughts As you can see, Git makes it easy to delete commits from a remote server. However, you need to be careful when using the command with the option because you could lose progress if you are not cautious. git push force Thank you for reading!

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