Git: How to revert everything exactly to the state of a prior commit?

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Published on 2010-03-08T04:42:17Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 4:51 UTC
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If there have been commits and many changes since an earlier commit, is there a simple way to revert everything to the exact state of that earlier commit?

If so, is it possible to easily switch back to the current state if I should so desire as well?

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