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GIT - Restore a deleted file in a Git repo

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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 find I need to restore that file.

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  1. /* Find the last commit that affected the given path. As the file isn't in the HEAD commit, this commit must have deleted it.*/
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  3. git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- <file_path>
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  5. // Then checkout the version at the commit before
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  7. git checkout <deleting_commit>^ -- <file_path>
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  9. ##############################################################################################
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  11. // Or in one command, if $file is the file in question.
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  13. git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- <file_path>)^ -- <file_path>

URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/953481/restore-a-deleted-file-in-a-git-repo

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