msankhala/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

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