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Recovering added/staged file after doing git reset --hard HEAD^?

I added a new file F1 and made changes to another file F2 but then did a git reset --hard HEAD^ and I have lost all the changes to the files.

Is there some way, I can get them back?

I did look at a related question here: How can I undo git reset --hard HEAD~1? but, that question assumes that the one has done a Git commit.

Solution

  • You can (with some work) recover state of file at the last "git add <file>". You can use

    $ git fsck --cache --no-reflogs --lost-found --dangling HEAD

    and then examine files in '.git/lost-found/other' directory.

    Please read git fsck manpage.