git alias to “make a single commit reverting to previous commit”
make-a-big-revert-to = "!f() { \
ts=`date +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S"`; \
tmp_branch="_make-a-big-revert-to-`date +"%Y%m%dT%H%M%S"`"; \
git diff-index --quiet HEAD || { echo "Not clean"; exit 1; }; \
git branch ${tmp_branch}; \
git reset --hard ${1}; \
git submodule update --init --recursive; \
git reset --soft ${tmp_branch}; \
git branch -D ${tmp_branch}; \
shift; \
git commit -a --no-verify "$@"; \
}; f"
Based on an answer to “Revert to a commit by a SHA hash in Git?”