Answers for "undo most recent commit"

undo last commit

git reset --soft HEAD~1

git undo last commit

$ git reset --soft HEAD~1

revert local commit

$ git reset --hard HEAD~1

git undo last commit

# Undo last commit.
# --soft flag makes sure that the changes in undone revisions are preserved.
# You'll find the changes as uncommitted local modifications in your working copy.
git reset --soft HEAD~1

# If you don't want to keep these changes, simply use the --hard flag.
# This will completely remove the changes.
git reset --hard HEAD~1

undo most recent commit

$ git commit -m "some comment"                
$ git reset HEAD~                                          
<< edit files as necessary >>                              
$ git add ...                                              
$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD