Re: Newbie "svn update" question

[Howard Miller <howardsmiller@googlemail.com>]

2009/12/1 Mikko Oksalahti <mikko@azila.fi>:
> Hi,
>
> I just started using git for my personal projects at home. Basic usage seems
> pretty straight-forward as well as setting up everything. However, I have a
> simple question about how do I mimic an "svn update" command on a locally
> created repository. Here's what I do:
>
> some_existing_project_dir> git init
> some_existing_project_dir> git add .
>
> (about 1000 files added...)
>
> some_existing_project_dir> git commit -a -m "initial commit"
>
> (now I edit 10 files and accidentally delete some files that I'm not aware of)
>
> How do I now get the accidentally deleted files back from the repository without
> losing local changes made to 10 files?
>
> I've tried using: "git checkout HEAD ." but my local changes after last commit
> will be lost.
>
> I've tried using: "git pull ." but the deleted files are not restored.
>
> So I'm looking for an "svn update" equivalent command that would semantically do
> this: "Get the latest version of all files from the repository and merge them
> with any local changes I've made to files."
>
> I know a suitable command is available and I'm just a moron who can't read the
> manual correctly but help me out anyway :P
>
>  Regards,
>     Mikko

'git status' should show you what files you have deleted.  'git
checkout filename' should get them back. I can't think of a way of
recovering every file you have just deleted although - I suspect it
might be tricky. Thinks like 'git pull' only apply to remote
repositories and you don't have one of those. You're not thinking of
it the right way (yet) :-)

Howard