Git UndoLesson 39Free preview

Git Recovery

This lesson is part of Git · All levels

Summary

Git provides many recovery mechanisms for seemingly lost work. Reflog and git fsck found commits unaffordable, while git restore returned file content from a specific source. Routine commit or stash habits make recovery much easier when mistakes occur.

Key points

Reflog finds a missing commit after reset or rebase
Git restore --source=<ref> restore file content from other commits
Git checkout -- <file> restore the file from staging/HEAD
Commit and stash routine is the best prevention of losing a job

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