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huckleberry
huckleberry
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Posted by huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points

Git Basics Course: Is there a way to reset the console back to the initial state?

I've gotten to a point in the course where I'm getting an error message during the cloning/git push stage. I've tried going back to previous videos and their corresponding consoles but it seems that they all start from where you last left off. Instead of going through and deleting everything manually and starting from scratch, is there a way to reset the console back to the actual start of the course as it first was when you start with stage 1 video 1?

Thanks,

Huck - :sunglasses:

2 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
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Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

So you need to find the commit which you want to go back to, and you can switch to it using:

git checkout -b old-state 0d1d7fc32

This will create a new branch called old-state and it will be at the commit 0d1d7fc32

See more here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4114095/revert-to-a-previous-git-commit

huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points
huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points

ahh, thank you! I'll read into that and learn more about it later but as of about 20 min ago I just deleted everything that existed in there and started fresh. No worries though, I like drilling things and it'll only get me more comfy with the git architecture but thanks! I'm sure that'll come in handy later on down the line once I muck up again ;)

Cheers,

Huck - :sunglasses:

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

This might sound simplistic but is it not a case of starting back from the appropriate video which would hopefully then change the console for corresponding videos? :-)

huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points
huckleberry
huckleberry
14,636 Points

well that's what I thought but I went back one video at a time and deleted everything in each instance and every time I got back to the point in which the video differs from what my console tells me, they still differ. So... I dunno what's going on or how to fix it. The only thing I didn't do was just delete the initial folder (my_really_cool_project) myself. Guess I could do that though...

Either way though, just for future reference, it would be nice if there was indeed a way to reset a console back to start. It seems like it would be an invaluable tool for those that like to drill things.

Huck - :sunglasses:

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

I think that may be what you'll have to do. I'd like to go back to the Git Basics course at some point. I picked up a lot the course but some concepts went way over my head. I guess for you it's just a case of what you're prepared to sacrifice to get started again. :-)