--all: Show commits in all branches, tags and refs.
--full-history: Show full history of commits.
--oneline: Pretty format because we only need the commit hash.
Restore the file by checking out the commit that happened before it was deleted:
git checkout <deleting-commit>^ -- <file-path>
The ^ means "parent of" - in the above example, it means checkout the parent commit of the deleting commit. This would contain the file and its content before it was deleted.
Restore a deleted file in Git
Find the commits that contain the file. Take note of the last commit that deleted the file:
--all: Show commits in all branches, tags and refs.--full-history: Show full history of commits.--oneline: Pretty format because we only need the commit hash.Restore the file by checking out the commit that happened before it was deleted:
The
^means "parent of" - in the above example, it means checkout the parent commit of the deleting commit. This would contain the file and its content before it was deleted.