Undo last git commit

To undo a git commit locally, do the following.

git log
git revert __my_commit_id__

The following will also work. –hard would physically remove your commit, while –soft would simply jump back one commit.

git reset --hard HEAD~1
git reset --soft HEAD~1

ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-to-undo-the-last-git-commit