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"git lost-and-found" command to help recover objects you added but failed to commit and then deleted by accident
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#!/bin/sh
find .git/objects -mtime -2h -type f | while read -r path
do
dir=${path#.git/objects/}
dir=${dir%/*}
name=${path##*/}
id=$dir$name
type=$(git cat-file -t "$id")
if test "$type" = blob
then
echo "$id"
git cat-file -p "$id" | head
echo
echo ========================================
fi
done
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