Revert a folder deletion on git.

Question

I had some huge files in a folder, let's call it Folder1 and could not commit. I removed the huge files but they remained in the git history, so I tried this on the entire folder....and I lost my folder.

Please, is there a way to revert this huge mess-up?

Did you force-push your rewritten repository to github after running filter-branch on it? If not, can't you simply re-clone? — Lasse V. Karlsen, Aug 21 '17 at 09:20
Try this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/953481/find-and-restore-a-deleted-file-in-a-git-repository — laxman kanhere, Aug 21 '17 at 09:23

leona · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-21T12:07:57.317

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You can do a git reset --hard origin/master to get the files from the last push to github.

YOU WILL LOSE EVERY DATA THAT IS NOT COMMITED

That's only working if you already pushed your files to github.

And if you don't commited your files try:

git reset
git checkout -- $(git ls-files -d)

edited Aug 21 '17 at 12:07

answered Aug 21 '17 at 09:21

leona

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Quibix, have you commited the file? And which OS do you have? – leona Aug 21 '17 at 10:05
No, sadly the file was not commited. I managed to recover my files from a backup drive. Thanks everyone for your help. – Qubix Aug 21 '17 at 11:44
Qubix, please try the new way in my answer – leona Aug 21 '17 at 12:06

Revert a folder deletion on git.

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