Git - undoing git rm

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user1436111 picture user1436111 · Dec 4, 2012 · Viewed 75.4k times · Source

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How to revert a “git rm -r .”?

Git SOS here. I worked 10 hours on a project without committing (I know, I know) and then I git added too many files, so I tried using git rm and accidentally deleted EVERYTHING. Is there hope for me? :(((

Answer

Hauleth picture Hauleth · Dec 4, 2012

If you already commited changes, then:

git reset (--hard) HEAD~1

If not then:

git reset
git ls-files -d -z | xargs -0 git checkout --

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