How can I use SourceTree to roll back my Git repository to an earlier commit?

Question

I am entirely new to Git, SourceTree, and everything about it. I am using SourceTree with Bitbucket but I need some help. As I know absolutely nothing about Git or SourceTree, I would like to learn how to use SourceTree to revert all the files in my Git repository to the state they were in when I made an earlier commit. Basically I want to roll back to an earlier commit so that I can access the files as they were at that point, but I want to be able to keep my existing commits so that I can roll forward as necessary. I also want to be able to make commits of the files based on the files from older commits. How can I do all of this?

David Berdik · Answer

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll certainly do it!

David Berdik · Answer

Thank you, but I am new to Git and want to learn how to use Git with a user interface (SourceTree) before using command line to do everything.

David Berdik · Answer

Thank you for your help. As I am new to Git, I am using SourceTree for now, but eventually I would like to transition to command line usage.