Comment on Netflix reverts from Qwikster splitComments−saturn14yShouldn't it be "Netflix reverts Qwikster split"? I don't "revert from" a misguided commit, I revert it.I do like the metaphor though.−speedracrOP14yI always hear it as "reverting from something back to something else", but I'm not a dictionary. Then again, I should have chosen a more gripping title, anyway :). "Netflix: Qwikster is history!", "Netflix admits: We don't know what we're doing"−Gormo14yIt's typically "revert to", since the word means "to restore to a prior state".
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Shouldn't it be "Netflix reverts Qwikster split"? I don't "revert from" a misguided commit, I revert it.
I do like the metaphor though.
I always hear it as "reverting from something back to something else", but I'm not a dictionary. Then again, I should have chosen a more gripping title, anyway :). "Netflix: Qwikster is history!", "Netflix admits: We don't know what we're doing"
It's typically "revert to", since the word means "to restore to a prior state".