Linked Questions

So there was a file in one of my projects which was deleted, no one knows when or why, it's just gonne. (a few months probably). Problem is i only know a part of the name, not the full name. How can i ...

by mistake I used "git rm my_file" in my branch. After some commits, merges and... now I'm trying to get the file back from master branch, I'm using "git rebase master" and it says ...

Here's my case: A file been added, removed and added again (same name). How do I track time stamp prior to it's most recently adding? file: file.c ---> null ---> file.c status: added ...

I have a project with a lot of subdirs, and somewhere in there in some deep subdir there was a file called foo.py. Couple years ago it was deleted, the delete was committed and pushed. How can I see ...

I just realized a file that I had a long time ago was deleted, and I want to find the specific commit in which it was deleted. I'm using Bitbucket and VsCode.

I found a reference on a public repository for a file that is now no longer in master. What is the fastest way to find the commit that first (or last) contained that file?

Say I'm in a Git repository. I delete a file and commit that change. I continue working and make some more commits. Then, I discover that I need to restore that file after deleting it. I know I can ...

I have a Git repository with n commits. I have a file that I need, and that used to be in the repository, and that I suddenly look for and think "Oh! Where'd that file go?" Is there a (series of) ...

I know Git stores information of when files get deleted and I am able to check individual commits to see which files have been removed, but is there a command that would generate a list of every ...

Despite reading lots of other posts regarding GIT and moved files I still struggle to understand how to trace the full history. Doing gitk myfile as suggested here seems to only show history until ...

I installed git-filter-repo via scoop, tried multiple git filter-repo commands e.g. git filter-repo -h, they all logged nothing, no warning or error, just nothing. Tried rebooting, reinstalling, and ...

Git does not track directories as such. It only tracks files that live in some directory. (See How can I add an empty directory to a Git repository?) However, if I have certain history of commits I ...

I have three files Shell-ijk-ArrayList.java, Shell-ijk-Vektor.java and Shell-ikj-ArrayList.java in this git-repository. I have "merged" them manually to MatrixMultiplication.java. Now I would like to ...

A question from a beginner: there are several ways to search in git history. To me, it is not clear what, the difference between the commands really is: git log, e.g. git log -S 'for what you search' ...

I'm trying to track down who removed some code on a particular file. I don't know when it was but certainly within the past month. Is there a way to list history of code changes and details on a ...