Files are all gone. I deleted all the files with git rm -r *

Question

IS there a way to retrieve back my laravel app files after I typed

git rm -r *

I just want to delete the files that I just deleted in the directory with

git rm data.txt

But all of them. Then I mistakenly typed

git rm -r *

Now most of my app directories are all gone.

these are now what's left

App FOlder left

`git reset --hard` will get you back to your last-checked-out state — jthill, Mar 18 '18 at 12:05
@jthill. How can I remove all the deleted files in the directory with just single typing Like > git rm — Inertia, Mar 18 '18 at 12:09
Possible duplicate of [Undo delete in GIT](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9477702/undo-delete-in-git) — Yawar, Mar 18 '18 at 17:36

Morten · Answer 1 · 2018-03-18T19:35:26.047

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As noted in the comment by Inertia, git reset --hard would return your index and working tree to the last committed state. You could also do a git reset HEAD to get your index back and then git checkout [files or folders] if you want to keep any other uncommitted changes.

edited Mar 18 '18 at 19:35

answered Mar 18 '18 at 14:41

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '18 at 17:57

In order to restore just one specific deleted file, make sure to add -- before the file name:

 git reset -- path/to/deleted/file && git checkout -- path/to/deleted/file

The -- is needed as a qualifier for a file, as git would not know whether it's a file or a branch.

Files are all gone. I deleted all the files with git rm -r *

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