infusion/git-restore-file.sh

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Find and restore a deleted file in a Git

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git-restore-file.sh


	# Find last commit for the deleted file
	git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- $path

	# Checkout the commit before the the delete happened
	git checkout $commit^ -- $path

doctordns commented Jan 23, 2018

What do $path and $commit contain?

dolansgists commented Jan 24, 2018 •

edited

$path is the path to the file.
$commit is the value returned by the first command. More specifically it is the id of the commit where the file last existed.

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