git > undo deletion by mistake

use-case

The concern is documenting the immediate recovery of the file deleted by mistake in the working area. Give me back the last commit!

1. get sha with git lot -full-history -all

• use the following the get the SHA of the requested commit
• it also gives the author/timestamp of the commit (version to be recovered)

git log --pretty=format:\"%C(auto)%h%d%Creset %C(cyan)(%ci)%Creset %C(green)%cn <%ce>%Creset %s\" --name-status --date=short --all --full-history -- <file-name>

2. recover with git checkout

• use the retrieved to recover file with git checkout

git checkout <sha> <filename>

Originally published at http://pavol.kutaj.com on August 8, 2020.