Git recover local files deleted by git fetch origin + git reset --hard

Question

I'm pretty new with GIT and i accidentally (not really) deleted a bunch of local files while trying to recover changes from the repository, i have a frontend branch where i work and i make the following in order to bring back some changes:

git fetch origin
git reset --hard origin/frontend

Is there any way to recover the files that I lost because of this? I know there's a lot of threads about recovering files out there but since I'm a newbie I really want to have feedback on this specific case. Any help will be REALLY appreciated.

Important Update: Before doing all of this I commit all my changes (that included the files that I lost) to the repository, that's why I thought that I will get the same thing when I did the fetch origin, I have tried to list my commits but I'm not seeing this last commit.

Check your reflog (`git reflog`), your commit should be there. — Romain Valeri, Jan 07 '19 at 09:11
@MohamedAneesA thanks for your reply. As far as I remember yes I did push my commit, is there any way to recover those lost files if I haven't? — Lowtrux, Jan 07 '19 at 09:11
Then you can go to github and view your latest commits. Get the commit hash and use *git reset head -- hard * — Mohamed Anees A, Jan 07 '19 at 09:13
@RomainValeri thanks a lot i actually see my commit with an id of d77424b. — Lowtrux, Jan 07 '19 at 09:14
@MohamedAneesA, It Worked !! , thanks a lot guys you saved the day — Lowtrux, Jan 07 '19 at 09:17
Possible duplicate of [Can I recover a branch after its deletion in Git?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3640764/can-i-recover-a-branch-after-its-deletion-in-git) — Philip Couling, Jan 07 '19 at 11:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '19 at 09:21

I just posting this in order to answer my question (already answered by @RomainValeri and @MohammedAneesA in the comments).

I was able to solve this by getting all my commits with "git reflog" I got my last commit hash and then did a "reset head -- hard "

That solved it.

Git recover local files deleted by git fetch origin + git reset --hard

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