git2r (version 0.10.1)

reset: Reset current HEAD to the specified state

Description

Reset current HEAD to the specified state

Usage

reset(commit, reset_type = c("soft", "mixed", "hard"))
## S3 method for class 'git_commit':
reset(commit, reset_type = c("soft", "mixed", "hard"))

Arguments

commit

The git_commit to which the HEAD should be moved to.

reset_type

Kind of reset operation to perform. 'soft' means the Head will be moved to the commit. 'mixed' reset will trigger a 'soft' reset, plus the index will be replaced with the content of the commit tree. 'hard' reset will trigger a 'mixed' reset and the workin

Value

• invisible NULL

Examples

## Initialize a temporary repository
path <- tempfile(pattern="git2r-")
dir.create(path)
repo <- init(path)

# Configure a user
config(repo, user.name="Alice", user.email="[e-mail]")

## Create a file, add and commit
writeLines("Hello world!", file.path(path, "test-1.txt"))
add(repo, 'test-1.txt')
commit_1 <- commit(repo, "Commit message")

## Make one more commit
writeLines(c("Hello world!", "HELLO WORLD!"), file.path(path, "test-1.txt"))
add(repo, 'test-1.txt')
commit(repo, "Next commit message")

## Create one more file
writeLines("Hello world!", file.path(path, "test-2.txt"))

## 'soft' reset to first commit and check status
reset(commit_1)
status(repo)

## 'mixed' reset to first commit and check status
commit(repo, "Next commit message")
reset(commit_1, "mixed")
status(repo)

## 'hard' reset to first commit and check status
add(repo, 'test-1.txt')
commit(repo, "Next commit message")
reset(commit_1, "hard")
status(repo)

Run the code above in your browser using DataCamp Workspace