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I’m a co-founder and co-host of the first Brazilian podcast about data science in Portuguese called Pizza de Dados. Creator of GitFichas, collection of Git study cards and author of “The Big Git Microbook”. Also love to knit and picking up new skills on YouTube, right now learning to play the keyboard and how to do digital drawings.
git reset --hard throws away your uncommitted changes for good, no undo. Here's when it's useful and when it'll burn you. Clip from my full video on undoing commits in Git. Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/hRNHGHWrNNA Subscribe for a new Git video every month: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 08-06-2026
Thought you lost a commit for good? git reflog tracks where HEAD has been, so you can find that "lost" commit and get it back. It's the Git safety net most people don't know about. Clip from my full video on undoing commits. Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/hRNHGHWrNNA Subscribe for a new Git video every month: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 08-04-2026
Made a mess in Git? You can undo almost anything, and I'll show you how. In this video: git reset and its three flavors (soft/default/hard) · 1:30 reset vs revert, and which to use when · 3:20 git reflog to recover "lost" commits · 4:30 git commit --amend comes in around 5:20 🔗 Read the full post: https://jtemporal.com/undoing-the-last-commits-using-git-reset/ 📨 Subscribe for one of these every month: https://www.youtube.com/@jesstemporal ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 The problem: undoing commits 0:22 One question, three commands 0:40 The mental model: commits and HEAD 1:20 Have you pushed it yet? 1:40 reset --soft (keep it staged) 2:10 reset default (keep it unstaged) 2:35 reset --hard (throw it away) 3:20 reset vs revert 3:40 git revert (safe on shared branches) 4:30 git reflog: recover lost work 5:20 Bonus: git commit --amend 6:00 Cheat sheet recap 6:40 Wrap up
Video/Podcast / 07-30-2026
They both undo, but they're not the same. git reset rewrites history, git revert makes a new commit that undoes the old one, which is the safe choice on shared branches. Clip from my full video on undoing commits. Subscribe for a new Git video every month: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 07-29-2026
Undoing a commit in Git sounds scary, but it comes down to one question and three commands. The full video drops Thursday, reset, revert, and the safety net that gets you unstuck. Subscribe so you don't miss it: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 07-28-2026
Você talvez já saiba como usar git revert para reverter um único commit, mas você também pode reverter um intervalo de commits com um único comando. Nesta dica rápida, você vai aprender como.
Blogpost / 07-28-2026
Old stashes pile up and cause conflict headaches. git stash drop throws away the most recent one, or add an index like stash@{1} to drop a specific stash. Keep your stash list clean. Full Git tips on my blog: https://jtemporal.com Subscribe for a new Git tip every week: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 07-23-2026
Pushed a change but your GitHub Pages site won't rebuild? Make an empty commit. git commit --allow-empty -m "rebuild site" creates a real commit with no file changes, and GitHub rebuilds your site. No fake edits needed. Full Git tips on my blog: https://jtemporal.com Subscribe for a new Git tip every week: https://youtube.com/@jesstemporal
Video/Podcast / 07-21-2026
