What is the difference between git reset and git revert?

Question

Hi I am a newbie to git and I don\'t understand what is the basic difference between git reset and git revert. Does git revert reverts the

Answer 1

Git reset -->move the tip of a branch to a different commit. This can be used to remove commits from the current branch. It moves the branch backwards by commits. Git Revert-->undoes a commit by creating a new commit. This is a safe way to undo changes, as it has no chance of re-writing the commit history.

Answer 2

As far as I know, they are doing totally different thing.

git revert aimed to revert effects of previous commit. For example,

A <- B <- C 
          ^ HEAD

If I found B I committed before is wrong, and I want to "undo" its change, git-revert-ing B will cause:

A <- B <- C <- B'
               ^ HEAD

for which B' is reversing the change done in B.

git reset is more straight-forward, it is simply setting the HEAD to a certain commit,

A <- B <- C 
          ^ HEAD

git-reset-ting to B will give you

A <- B <- C 
     ^ HEAD