Reverting a commit in Git safely undoes changes by creating a new commit that reverses the specified commit, preserving project history and maintaining safe collaboration practices. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve used git revert extensively across team development workflows to safely undo problematic commits without disrupting shared history. From my expertise, the most effective approach is using git revert to create inverse commits that undo specific changes while keeping history intact. This method provides safe change reversal that works well with shared repositories and team collaboration.