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July 29, 2012 16:41
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Recovering from corrupted Git
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| Get the previous commit hash from the last line of .git/logs/HEAD | |
| Replace .git/refs/heads/yourbranch with it | |
| "git status" should now work. Note the files changed (you will copy them later) | |
| Push this repo elsewhere (a different branch on origin) | |
| Remove the .git directory | |
| Pull that repo back out to a different directory | |
| Copy over the noted files to that directory | |
| Commit them |
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