If your excess commits are only visible to you, you can just do git reset --hard origin/<branch_name> to move back to where the origin is. This will reset the state of the repository to the previous commit, and it will discard all local changes.
Doing a git revert makes new commits to remove old commits in a way that keeps everyone's history sane.

If your excess commits are only visible to you, you can just do `git reset --hard origin/<branch_name>` to move back to where the origin is. This will reset the state of the repository to the previous commit, and it will discard all local changes.
Doing a `git revert` makes *new* commits to remove *old* commits in a way that keeps everyone's history sane.