git - Remove commit before HEAD

Question

Okay I am new to Git and would like to know how to remove a commit before the HEAD. For instance-:

commit foo (This is the HEAD)

commit bar (This is what I want         


        

Answer 1

Another option is to checkout a new branch at the commit previous to the commit that you want to delete:

git checkout -b new_branch HEAD~2

And then to cherry pick the commits from the other branch to the new branch:

git cherry-pick 

The graph would then look like this:

* 6a59727 (HEAD, new_branch) foo
| * 15f07fd (master) foo
| * 6bba064 bar
|/  
* dec804e baz