Git Recovery

Git recovery means getting back lost commits, branches, or files.

Reset your branch to a previous commit and lose changes

Recover Lost Commits with git reflog git reflog records changes to the tip of branches and lets you find lost commits.

Example: Show Reflog git reflog e56ba1f (HEAD -> master) HEAD@{0}: commit: Revert "Just a regular update, definitely no accidents here..."

Find the commit hash you want to recover from the list.

If you deleted a branch but the commits are still in reflog, you can recreate it:

Example: Restore a Branch git checkout -b branch-name <commit-hash>

This brings back the branch at the commit you specify.

If you deleted or changed a file and want to get it back, use git restore

Example: Restore a File git restore filename.txt This brings back the file from the latest commit.

If you used git reset --hard and lost commits, you can use the reflog to find and restore them:

Example: Undo a Hard Reset git reflog e56ba1f (HEAD -> master) HEAD@{0}: commit: Revert "Just a regular update, definitely no accidents here..."

HEAD is now at 9a9add8 Added .gitignore This puts your branch back to the state it was in at that point. Tips & Best Practices Regularly commit your changes to avoid losing work

Use git restore to recover deleted or changed files