Fixing Git Mistakes - Recovery & Troubleshooting Practice

Learn how to safely undo changes and recover from common Git mistakes. Practice using reset, revert, reflog, and other recovery commands in scenarios where things go wrong.

3 challenges in this category

#scenario-5-1

Reset Explained: Soft, Mixed, and Hard

🎯Mixed

You've made a commit you want to undo locally. git reset is the tool, but it has three modes: soft, mixed, and hard. Understanding them is key to avoiding data loss.

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#scenario-5-2

Reverting Pushed Commits Safely

💻Terminal

You've pushed a commit to a shared branch that introduced a bug. You can't use git reset because it rewrites history. The safe way is with git revert.

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#scenario-5-3

Recovery with Reflog

🎯Mixed

Disaster! You accidentally used git reset --hard and lost a commit. git reflog is your safety net, tracking all movements of HEAD, allowing you to recover.

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