By mistake deleted an existing file before commit in git?

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I was working on a file then deleted it by mistake before commiting. I restored it but I don't see any changes, was restored to the initial version. Is there a way to see what I was working on?

Via GIT - no. You can do it via IDE maybe. Jetbtains tools support Local History feature. Also check your basket ) — Ilya Mokin, Jun 24 '21 at 12:17
@ToughCookie `git fsck` only operates on objects in its own database, not files in the working directory. — chepner, Jun 24 '21 at 12:49
@ToughCookie with `git fsck` we can restore `commits` which were fully lost from history, have no parent commits and even deleted from `reflog`. But unfortunately, we can not restore changes which were not committed at all — Ilya Mokin, Jun 28 '21 at 17:47

Zach Tait · Answer 1 · 2021-06-24T12:42:49.653

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Depends on your IDE. If you are using Jetbrains look for Local History in the File menu and see if it has stored those changes.

Edit - To avoid this in future consider using one of the two following plugins:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=micnil.vscode-checkpoints

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xyz.local-history

Be aware that this can cause VS Code to get confused, please see the following answer for more details: How to see local history changes in Visual Studio Code?

edited Jun 24 '21 at 12:42

answered Jun 24 '21 at 12:37

Zach Tait

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I'm using VS Code – ToughCookie Jun 24 '21 at 12:38
Right click on the project item or folder and click Local History to display the history I believe – Zach Tait Jun 24 '21 at 12:39
Don't see it. Should I have an extension for it? – ToughCookie Jun 24 '21 at 13:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '21 at 12:54

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I deleted a file but didn’t commit

$ git checkout HEAD "filename"

I deleted a file and committed the deletion

$ git reset --hard HEAD~1

I committed the deletion and then I did more commits

$ git log -- <filename>
$ git checkout <commit hash> -- <filename>
$ git checkout <deletion commit hash>~1 -- <filename>

I deleted a file, committed and pushed

$ git revert --no-commit <commit>

Here is the reference.

answered Jun 24 '21 at 12:54

Muhammad Zahab

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I deleted a file but didn’t commit $ git checkout HEAD "filename" I need to restore non commited changes. – ToughCookie Jun 24 '21 at 13:15
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7147680/accidentally-reverted-to-master-lost-uncommitted-changes – Muhammad Zahab Jun 24 '21 at 13:18

By mistake deleted an existing file before commit in git?

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