Accidentally deleted all the past commits

Asked Mar 24 '23 at 21:31

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I was force pushing something onto my github repository. This was the first time I was using force in a command. After the push, all of my previous commits had been removed from github. I don't know if that's the default behaviour or if I did something wrong but is there any way to restore my previous commits? I don't mind removing the forced commit if that helps.

git push -f --set-upstream origin main This is the command that I was using to push but it removed all of my previous commits.

asked Mar 24 '23 at 21:31

Bhavyabhatia

Do you still see the old commits in `git reflog`? – choroba Mar 24 '23 at 22:00
Some quick advice. Double-check `git log` for the lost commits locally. Use `git reflog` and make a note the lost commit hash. Then you can make a branch pointing to that commit `git checkout -b recovery `, this will at least prevent the commits being deleted. – evolutionxbox Mar 24 '23 at 22:12
You will find answers here: https://stackoverflow.com/q/3640764/717372 – Philippe Mar 24 '23 at 23:55
No I don't see the old commits in git reflog – Bhavyabhatia Mar 25 '23 at 18:07

Accidentally deleted all the past commits

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