Revert a merge commit from a protected branch on GitHub.com : <p>We have protected our develop branch on GitHub so that nobody downstream can push their commit directly. The commits need to go through specific feature branch and get merged through a pull request.</p>

<p>There came a scenario where a feature branch is merged into the develop branch (after proper review and changes) and we are required to revert it later (maybe due to changes in requirements). If I try to revert the merge commit downstream, it will not allow me to push, since the branch is protected. I remember GitHub providing revert button when we merge the branch. But somehow I am not able to see (or find) the button now. We needed to revert the commit on priority so we removed the protection from the develop branch for the time being and pushed the revert commit (ugliest hack). </p>

<p>Are there any other better alternative for reverting a commit from protected branch? Maybe I am missing or misunderstood some GitHub features. </p>

<p>One more scenario is, what if I have deleted the branch from GitHub after I have merged, how would I revert it then?</p>
