How to recover from the "git push -f origin HEAD^:master" command?

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I was searching for a way to remove my last GitHub commit and found this command on:

How can I remove a commit on GitHub?

It worked. The problem is that I accidentally did it to the wrong repository.

I read in comments that commit is not really deleted, but

"...this only moves the branch pointer."

How can I recover from this command and revert to the last commit?

`git reflog` may help if you were on that commit recently in your repo — tamas.kenez, Dec 22 '15 at 23:08
using 'git reflog' returned HEAD@{0} : clone : "path/to/git". Nothing changed in the repository. — Boykodev, Dec 22 '15 at 23:22
actually, when using 'git reflog' the first value(hash) is the same as currently in the last commit on GitHub. — Boykodev, Dec 22 '15 at 23:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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GitHub has an hidden reflog: the GitHub Events API.

See "Does github remember commit IDs?"

By curling the https://api.github.com/repos/<user>/<repo>/events, and looking for push events, you can find the commit pushed to master before your own, and push again that commit, provided you had a local clone of that repo.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Dec 23 '15 at 07:32

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Is there any chance to recover the commit if I don't have a local clone of that repo? – Boykodev Dec 23 '15 at 08:57
@Boykodev is there anyone else who has clone that repo? He or she can simply push back his/her current HEAD in a `git push --force`. – VonC Dec 23 '15 at 09:03

How to recover from the "git push -f origin HEAD^:master" command?

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