any ideas to recover them on mac, or they are all gone
I was trying to unstage a particular repo but i mistakely did it on my root folder instead of my dub folder
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If you wanted to unstage files, why use `git clean`? – Dai Mar 14 '23 at 01:09
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[According to this SO, your non-tracked files are gone](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6267180/can-i-restore-deleted-files-undo-a-git-clean-fdx) (rip) - but As you're on macOS you _might_ be able to use Time Machine (or iCloud?) if you had your git repos in a monitored location. – Dai Mar 14 '23 at 01:11
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BTW, don't feel _too bad_ about this - I think of unintentionlly losing files by running `git` commands without knowing what they do is a modern-day _rite of passage_: fortunately the good news is that you won't be doing it again (I hope!) – Dai Mar 14 '23 at 01:12
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BTW (again), the `git` reference lists `clean` as an _Administration_ command, which means you normally shouldn't ever need to use it (along with `git gc` and `git fsck`). – Dai Mar 14 '23 at 01:14