How to revert an unnecessary "git reset HEAD~1"

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After running git reset HEAD~1, I noticed that actually there was nothing else to do and the commit was fine. Is there a way to revert this command?

Where you on a branch when you ran that, or a detached head? — Jonathan Wakely, Jun 05 '13 at 16:25
possible duplicate of [Undoing git reset?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2510276/undoing-git-reset) — 0xc0de, Dec 29 '13 at 21:14

score 96 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:27

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You can use:

git reset HEAD@{1}

This uses the last entry in the reflog. See git reflog if you did other things in between.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:27

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this worked perfectly. If I used 2 instead of 1, it would go back 2 steps, right? – cahen Jun 06 '13 at 11:43
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Exactly. Have a look at `git reflog` to see which number corresponds to which commit. Have a look at `man gitrevisions` for those kinds of special syntax. – michas Jun 06 '13 at 12:36
always forget about reflog > – theatlasroom Jun 29 '16 at 05:50

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:17

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You could see the commit id of that commit with git reflog.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 16:17

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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Even easier (if you haven't done any other operations):

git reset ORIG_HEAD

ORIG_HEAD is the previous state of HEAD.

More details about HEAD vs. ORIG_HEAD are in the answer to this SO question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:26

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answered Jun 22 '16 at 13:45

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How to revert an unnecessary "git reset HEAD~1"

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