Revert a Bad Commit

A teammate committed a bug and you need main clean again — without rewriting history that others already have. Undo the last commit with git revert, which adds an inverse commit.

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01Requirements

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~/project is a Git repository○
A revert commit exists (message starts with 'Revert')○

02Walkthrough

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Recreate the repository
Every lab starts from a fresh shell — ~/project doesn't exist yet. mkdir makes it.
mkdir ~/project
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03Stuck?

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04AI Tutor

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