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Recover Deleted Files in My Local Repository using Git

You can view a list of all the deleted files using the command.

$ git ls-files --deleted

Use this this command to restore your deleted file. Replace the <deleted-file> with the deleted filename.

$ git checkout -- <deleted-file>

If the deletion has been committed, find the commit where it happened.

$ git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- <deleted-file>
b6e9c0b612d71a83bfae3a1afc5c252f53165896 # The commit hash

Then recover the file from this command. Replace the <commit-hash> with the actual hash that was returned from the previous command.

$ git checkout <commit-hash> -- <deleted-file>
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