Git find/restore a unknown deleted file in a known folder?

Question

More then 100 commits ago I deleted a file in a folder. The folder I know but not the deleted filename. How can I get the deleted filenames only in this folder?

Answer 1

I'd suggest doing

git log --name-only --pretty="" --diff-filter=D -- your/folder | sort -u

where
--name-only outputs file names
--pretty="" suppresses standard commit info output
--diff-filter=D filters commits (only deletions)
| sort -u sorts and gets rid of doubles