I added a directory to a local git repo using git add and then accidentally did git rm -rf (without committing before). Is there some way of recovering the files from this directory?
- Wrote you a full answer below.CodeWizard– CodeWizard2016-03-22 19:01:49 +00:00Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 19:01
- It seems that You need to use some data recovery software if You deleted whole dir (including .git dir) - try to not place new files on dusk (especially in this dir) until You try to recover data. superuser.com/questions/279733/undo-an-rm-rf-commandbarat– barat2016-03-22 19:22:13 +00:00Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 19:22
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Yes you can,
Read this: How to undo changes in Git.
Once you add files to git they are started to be tracked and they are stored under the .git folder.
In they were just added and never commited they are refereed as dangling objects. Those object can be recovered.
Ho to restore dangling objects?
First we have to find them out
git fsck --full 
Once you have the list of those object you need to view them and to find out which ones you need.
# Print out the content of the Object git cat-file -p <SHA-1> # If the object is a file you will simply see its content, # Copy it and save it in a new file. 
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CodeWizard
Glad to help, read the attached post about the HEAD, it will teach you new things i assume.
Dmitry Yudin
Saved my day! who want a next step of recovering?
npn_or_pnp
I owe you a beer!
Here is my recover.py utility, which will create a file for each hash:
enter code here import subprocess hashes=["01b6a7f272375bc99d98be0068c273b5bc4e9ff6", "03620d7b53c8a48314c25a3ecdbe369553b01340","PUTYOUR HASHEZ HERE"] for myhash in hashes: print "HASH", myhash bashCommand = "git cat-file -p "+ myhash process = subprocess.Popen(bashCommand.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE) output, error = process.communicate() file = open("recover/"+myhash, "w") file.write(output) file.close() This will write to recover folder all files you killed with git