From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: david@lang.hm
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: how to recover a repository
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:45:30 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101217044530.GA8590@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1012162024020.22269@asgard.lang.hm>
Hi David,
david@lang.hm wrote:
> I managed to do a 'rm *' in the .git directory (the usual sort of
> fat-fingering when cleaning up after another mistake)
>
> the subdirectories are still there.
I'd suggest:
1. Make a backup!
2. From the worktree (i.e. parent to the .git directory),
run "git init".
3. git update-ref HEAD refs/heads/(branch you were on)
4. git reset; # (alas, the old index file is gone)
5. git diff; gitk --all
See gitrepository-layout(7) for details.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-17 4:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-17 4:28 how to recover a repository david
2010-12-17 4:45 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-12-17 20:20 ` david
2010-12-17 21:22 ` Jeff King
2010-12-17 22:30 ` david
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