I accidentally pushed code to the main git branch. How can I recover or undo the changes?

Hey there! 👋

No worries, you can definitely recover from this! Here’s what you can do depending on the situation:

If you just need to undo your last commit and don’t mind losing the changes, you can reset the branch to the previous state before the push:

git reset --hard HEAD^

This will remove the last commit locally. After that, force-push the branch to update it on the remote:

git push origin main --force

If the commit was already pushed and you don’t want to rewrite history (especially if others are working on the same branch), it’s better to use git revert to create a new commit that undoes the changes:

git revert HEAD

Then, push the new commit:

git push origin main

This way, you don’t mess with the history and keep everything safe for your team!

Going forward, I recommend setting up branch protections for your main branch to avoid direct pushes. You can configure it to require pull requests for merging into main, which helps prevent accidental pushes in the future!

Here’s a quick link on how to set branch protections: Branch protection rules on GitHub

Let me know how it goes!

- Bobby