---
name: "cg-admin-uncommit"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cogito"
version: "0.18.2-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cg-admin-uncommit"
---

# cg-admin-uncommit(1)

undo a commit or a series of commits

## NAME

cg-admin-uncommit - undo a commit or a series of commits

## SYNOPSIS

cg-admin-uncommit \[-t\] \[COMMIT\_ID\].sp

## DESCRIPTION

Takes a commit ID which is the earliest commit to be removed from the repository. If no parameter is passed, it uncommits the latest commit (*HEAD*). Read the CAVEATS section before using it for the first time..sp This command is a close relative of cg-switch -f (which does essentially the same thing, but is slightly more powerful at the expense of a more elaborate usage). Do not confuse either with the operation performed by [**cg-seek**(1)](/cg-seek/1.md), which is meant only for temporary excursions to the project history..sp

## OPTIONS

- \-t

  This optional parameter makes [**cg-admin-uncommit**(1)](/cg-admin-uncommit/1.md) to roll back the tree as well to the previous commit. Without this option (by default) *Cogito* keeps the tree in its current state, therefore generating tree with local changes against the target commit, consisting of the changes in the rolled back commits.

- \-h, --help

  Print usage summary.

- \--long-help

  Print user manual. The same as found in [**cg-admin-uncommit**(1)](/cg-admin-uncommit/1.md).

## CAVEATS

This command can be dangerous! It is safe to do as long as you do not push the commit out in the meantime, but you should *NEVER* uncommit an already pushed out commit. Things will break for the fetchers since you just broke the fast-forward merging mechanism (the new commit is not descendant of the previous one), and the push command will refuse to push again after you uncommitted a pushed out commit, too. At the moment you pushed the commit out it's etched to the history, live with that..sp

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © Matt Porter, 2005 Copyright © Petr Baudis, 2005.sp

## SEE ALSO

cg-admin-uncommit is part of [**cogito**(7)](/cogito/7.md), a toolkit for managing [**git**(7)](/git/7.md) trees..sp