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How to recover changes that discard by git checkout -f

My changes were gon after I run command git checkout -f

Is there a way to recover my changes?

I did not commit my changes and also it's unstaged.

Solution

  • The way to recover your changes won't be git, since files were not committed.

    However, you could recover them, provided you're using a sufficently advanced IDE with local changes save feature.

    If not, the picture might be grim, but it's hopefully a lesson to remember : commit often, even on temporary branches when you're unsure.

    edit after comments :

    Good news, you're on PhpStorm. (you seem to know how to proceed already, I'm just adding it for the record here)

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    Let's note that most modern IDEs have similar functionality.