How to recover after i execute :git reset --hard HEAD

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I made a terrible mistake and execute "git reset --hard HEAD", all day's the local modification lost, how can i recover it?

Thanks millions

Possible duplicate of [Recovering added file after doing git reset --hard HEAD^](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1108853/456814). — , May 19 '14 at 03:42

score 30 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 06:59

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You can use git reflog. It will show HEAD history. You can pick the hash that represents the HEAD status before the git reset --hard and use this hash in another git reset --hard .

answered Jan 10 '13 at 06:59

William Seiti Mizuta

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This saved me. This MUST be the acepted answer!! – limoragni Dec 24 '13 at 13:59
Thank you so much for this! A real life saver in my situation! – Joe Sep 29 '14 at 16:14

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '13 at 05:18

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If you didn't already commit your local changes (or at least stage them via git add, they're gone. git reset --hard is a destructive operation for uncommitted changes.

If you did happen to stage them, but didn't commit them, try git fsck --lost-found and then search through the contents of .git/lost-found - it will contain all of the objects that aren't referenced by a known commit, and may include versions of files that were staged.

answered Jan 10 '13 at 05:18

Amber

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`git fsck --lost-found` save my life, thank you very much. – lutaoact Apr 14 '18 at 01:00
Use git reflog as stated in the next answer. – lami Jun 22 '19 at 03:25

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 15 '14 at 14:22

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First run:

git reflog

It will show history of your HEAD pointer. Then select sha-code of a necessary state from first column. I think it will be near HEAD@{1} if you made just git reset --hard once. And then

git merge SHA_CODE

Bingo!

More examples you can find here: http://www.programblings.com/2008/06/07/the-illustrated-guide-to-recovering-lost-commits-with-git/

answered Jan 15 '14 at 14:22

Andrey Skuratovsky

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You made my day. Thank you! – Mihai Nov 15 '17 at 03:51

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 05:19

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You can recover anything you git added, with git fsck --lost-found and poke around in .git/lost-found. find .git/objects -type f | xargs ls -lt | sed 60q will give you the last 60 things to get added to the repo, that'll help.

Anything you didn't git add is gone as surely as if you'd deleted it yourself.

answered Jan 10 '13 at 05:19

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I didn't do commit or do add operation before that – LiangWang Jan 10 '13 at 05:21

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 06:34

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If your IDE has something like a "Local history" (Eclipse has this, IDEA also AFAIK), then maybe you can recover your changes this way.

answered Jan 10 '13 at 06:34

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 07 '13 at 16:59

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I recovered the files not "git add"-ed with my Intelliji "local history".

answered May 07 '13 at 16:59

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