Re: [Gnu-arch-users] revert a mistakenly commited patch

[Milan Cvetkovic]

Thanks to all for quick responses.

Milan.

Aaron Bentley wrote:
> The easier way to do what you did is:
> $ tla replay --reverse `tla tree-version`--patch-1
> $ tla sync-tree `tla tree-version`--patch-1
> $ editor `tla make-log'
> $ tla commit
>
> There is also an aba command, "revert" that does the same thing.
>
> Aaron
>
> Milan Cvetkovic wrote:
>
> > I thought I saw the answer to this somewhere, but I cannot find it any 
> > more.
> >
> > I made a group of changes to my tree, and I commited them to arch 
> > repository. The commit created a new patch, for example patch-1. Then 
> > I realize the patch was a big mistake, and I want to "undo" it.
> >
> > I know that I cannot remove patch-1 from the archive.
> >
> > What I ended up doing is:
> >
> > $ tla patchset patch-1 ../patch-1
> > $ cp {arch}/..../deep/in/side/.../patch-1 ../patch-1.log
> > $ tla replay --reverse ../patch-1
> > $ cp ../patch-1.log {arch}/..../deep/in/side/.../patch-1
> > $ editor `tla make-log'
> > $ tla commit
> >
> > This creates patch-2 with the content exactly the same as base-0, with 
> > the patchlogs for patch-1 and patch-2.
> >
> > I dod not really like to manipulate {arch} directory directly.
> >
> > Is there a better way to "undo a commited revision"?
> >
> > Thanks, Milan.
> >
> >
> >
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