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How to revert / cancel git reset --soft HEAD~20

I wanted to squash few commits and I followed this question. So I did:

git reset --soft HEAD~20
git commit
git push -f

I don't know why but now my branch full of merging which wasn't before. I want to revert the git reset --soft HEAD~20 command. How can it be done?

Update

I did: git reset < commit hash before the reset: moving to HEAD~20 > then git push and I'm getting:

error: failed to push some refs to 'https://[email protected]/xxxx/xxxx.git'
hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind
hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.
hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
Solution

  • Run:

    git reflog

    It will show you something like this:

    0475497 (HEAD -> master) HEAD@{0}: reset: moving to HEAD~20
ab155bc HEAD@{1}: commit: commit before reset
5da1f69 HEAD@{2}: commit: commit message
c2d9604 HEAD@{3}: commit: commit message
.
.
.

    Then you can checkout or reset to the commit before reset, by using its commit hash ( in the above example, it's ab155bc )