how to recover deleted file with git -- 12.09.2023 %
I’d like to build a new nest.js command based off a file I deleted last week.
Here is how I go about getting that old file back via git restore
Step 1, find the file:
$ git log --name-only
/command
fd8bc2a6 Merge branch 'XXX-1111-remove-search-queue' into 'main'
fd07ddc3 XXX-1111: Remove search queue
apps/cli/src/cli.module.ts
apps/cli/src/db/backfill-search-queue.command.ts
apps/cli/src/db/db.module.ts
...
Step 2, restore the file:
$ git restore --source fd07ddc3~1 apps/cli/src/db/backfill-search-queue.command.ts
Note the ~1
. The file in question was deleted in commit fd07ddc3, so to
restore it we need to go one commit before it was deleted. ~1
does exactly
that.