I accidentally deleted some local files in my git repository

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I have a folder which is my git local repository, and there are two folders in it the web folder and backend folder.

I ran this command git rm -r -f web and then all my files inside the web folder were gone, and now I can't find it, I tried to look for it in the trash, but the files aren't there, is there a way I can go back in time and restore all the files?

@AbhaySehgal I don't have the files in a remote repository D: — Eduardo, Feb 22 '20 at 03:01
Were the files in the "web" directory ever committed to git? — shoover, Feb 22 '20 at 03:06
@shoover no, the problem was that I was trying to commit the web folder, but for some reason I sent the web folder empty to my github, so I was like what? I hadn't even used some kind of remove command before, then I ran the command that I told above and all the files are gone of my folder — Eduardo, Feb 22 '20 at 03:10

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This command will help you to retrieve your previous commit,

git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- "$file")^ -- "$file"

answered Feb 22 '20 at 03:06

khavinshankar

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When I try to run this command, it says 'fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec. please use . instead if you meant to match all paths fatal: invalid reference: ^' – Eduardo Feb 22 '20 at 03:11
There has been a similar question, check it out, [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/953481/find-and-restore-a-deleted-file-in-a-git-repository?rq=1) – khavinshankar Feb 22 '20 at 03:20

I accidentally deleted some local files in my git repository

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