[a_e_k]

And for those using Magit in Emacs, you can do this by selecting a region of lines and hitting `C-c M-g l`.

https://magit.vc/manual/magit/Commands-for-Buffers-Visiting-...

[karthink]

This feature is built into Emacs, no Magit needed. It's the vc-region-history command, bound to `C-x v h` by default. It works across all version control systems Emacs supports, not just git.

[agumonkey]

There's also git time machine to quickly rollback a buffer in place