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| Find the last commit that affected the given path. As the file isn't in the HEAD commit, this commit must have deleted it. | |
| git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- <file_path> | |
| Then checkout the version at the commit before, using the caret (^) symbol: | |
| git checkout <deleting_commit>^ -- <file_path> | |
| Or in one command, if $file is the file in question. | |
| git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- "$file")^ -- "$file" |
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