In Git, if you want to switch to a specific commit in a particular branch and require the tracked files to revert to their state at that moment, you can follow these steps:

Check Commit History

First, you need to find the commit hash of the specific commit you want to switch to. This can be done by viewing the commit history on the specific branch using the git log command.

git log [branch-name]

Checkout to Specific Commit

After finding the commit hash you’re interested in, you can checkout to that specific commit using the git checkout command followed by the commit hash.

git checkout [commit-hash]

This changes the files in your working directory to their state at that specific commit. Note that this will detach your HEAD from the current branch and put you in a ‘detached HEAD’ state.

Reset or Update Working Directory

If you need to ensure that the files in your working directory exactly match the state at that commit, including deleting files that did not exist at that time, you can use the git reset command:

git reset --hard [commit-hash]

Alternatively, if you don’t want to change the HEAD’s pointing but want to update the working directory, you can use:

git checkout [commit-hash] -- .

Please be aware that using git reset –hard or checking out directly to a commit may cause you to lose uncommitted changes. Ensure you have saved all necessary work or made appropriate backups before performing these operations.

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