What version of Git are you using?

Reverting multiple commits in only supported in Git1.7.2+: see &quot;[Rollback to an old commit using revert multiple times.][1]&quot; for more details.  
The current [`git revert` man page][2] is only for the *current* Git version (1.7.4+).

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As the [OP Alex Spurling][3] reports in the comments:

Upgrading to 1.7.4 works fine.  
To answer my own question, this is the syntax I was looking for: 

    git revert B^..D 

`B^` means &quot;the first parent commit of B&quot;: that allows to include `B` in the revert.  
See &quot;[`git rev-parse` SPECIFYING REVISIONS section][4]&quot; which include the [`&lt;rev&gt;^`, e.g. `HEAD^`][5] syntax: see more at &quot;[What does the caret (`^`) character mean?][6]&quot;)

Note that each reverted commit is committed separately.


[Henrik N][7] clarifies in [the comments][8]:

    git revert OLDER_COMMIT^..NEWER_COMMIT

As shown below, you can revert without committing right away:

    git revert -n OLDER_COMMIT^..NEWER_COMMIT
    git commit -m &quot;revert OLDER_COMMIT to NEWER_COMMIT&quot;


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4716051/rollback-to-an-old-commit-using-revert-multiple-times
  [2]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-revert.html
  [3]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/12149/alex-spurling
  [4]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse#_specifying_revisions
  [5]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse#git-rev-parse-emltrevgtemegemHEADv1510em
  [6]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1956054/6309
  [7]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/6962/henrik-n
  [8]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4991594/revert-a-range-of-commits-in-git/4992711#comment16848992_4992711

If you want to revert commit range B to D (at least in git version 2) in a single commit, you can do

     git revert -n B^..D

This revert the changes done by commits from B&#39;s parent commit (excluded) to the D commit (included), but doesn&#39;t create any commit with the reverted changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the index.

Don&#39;t forgot to commit the changes after

     git commit -m &quot;revert commit range B to D&quot;

You can also revert multiple unrelated commits in a single commit, using same method. for example to revert B and D but not C

     git revert -n B D
     git commit -m &quot;Revert commits B and D&quot;

Reference: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-revert.html

Thanks [Honza Haering](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4045486/honza-haering) for the [correction](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4991594/revert-a-range-of-commits-in-git/41822306#comment71168561_41822306)

Doing `git revert OLDER_COMMIT^..NEWER_COMMIT` didn&#39;t work for me. 

I used `git revert -n OLDER_COMMIT^..NEWER_COMMIT` and everything is good. I&#39;m using git version `1.7.9.6`.

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I want to do the equivalent of:

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where the result would be:

    A -&gt; B -&gt; C -&gt; D -&gt; E -&gt; F -&gt; HEAD

where F contains the reverse of B-D inclusive.

  [1]: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitrevisions.html

Revert a range of commits in git

How can I revert a range of commits in git? From looking at the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitrevisions.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gitrevisions</a> documentation, I cannot see how to specify the range I need. For example:
<pre><code class="hljs language-rust">A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> HEAD
</code></pre>
I want to do the equivalent of:
<pre><code class="hljs language-css">git revert B-D
</code></pre>
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<pre><code class="hljs language-rust">A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F -> HEAD
</code></pre>
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  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TortoiseSVN


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I just committed some changes into one of my feature branches (&quot;feedback_tab&quot;) then, checked out &quot;master&quot; and merged them in there.  I actually meant to merge them into my &quot;development&quot; branch.

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    Date:   Thu Jul 21 20:51:38 2011 -0500


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----------

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