From 79e9d5e698ca5a35b3ea661422cc0b4113fda0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Odle <kenneth.odle@kjodle.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:58:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added information on checking out earlier commits

---
 git-primer.tex                | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 include/gitcheckoutcommit.tex |  3 +++
 include/gitcheckoutmain.tex   |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 include/gitcheckoutcommit.tex
 create mode 100644 include/gitcheckoutmain.tex

diff --git a/git-primer.tex b/git-primer.tex
index 8c263ec..96c3ddb 100644
--- a/git-primer.tex
+++ b/git-primer.tex
@@ -394,11 +394,24 @@ sends the output of that command to a file (\texttt{log.txt}), the first few lin
 2025-01-24 0d9e1fe Kenneth Odle Added information about workflows
 2025-01-22 d37d470 Kenneth Odle Added inline to-do items
 2025-01-22 02d4025 Kenneth Odle Updated changelog, version number
-2025-01-22 43e59f7 Kenneth Odle Significant addtions to branching chapter
+2025-01-22 43e59f7 Kenneth Odle Significant additions to branching chapter
 \end{Verbatim}
 
 Here we get the date of the commit (in YYYY-MM-DD format), followed by an abbreviated commit hash, the name of the comitter (important if you have more than one person working on this project), and finally the commit description.
 
+\section{Examinging Earlier Commits}
+
+Now that you know how to find earlier commits, you need to know how to revert to one. To do that, you simply \texttt{checkout} the earlier commit, using just enough of the SHA-1 hash to be identifiable:
+
+\input{include/gitcheckoutcommit}
+
+In this case, this would take me back to the ``Significant additions to branching chapter'' commit.
+
+To get back to the latest commit, we simply checkout our current branch, which in this case is ``main'':
+
+\input{include/gitcheckoutmain}
+
+Of course, the easiest way to view older commits and examine them is by using a \textit{remote} repository, because their graphical interface is far easier to navigate.
 
 
 \chapter{Remote Repositories}
diff --git a/include/gitcheckoutcommit.tex b/include/gitcheckoutcommit.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38661ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gitcheckoutcommit.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+\begin{Verbatim}[]
+$ git checkout 43e59f7
+\end{Verbatim}
diff --git a/include/gitcheckoutmain.tex b/include/gitcheckoutmain.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46ee782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gitcheckoutmain.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+\begin{Verbatim}[]
+$ git checkout main
+\end{Verbatim}