From: Teemu Likonen Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:42:11 GMT Subject: Re: git svn dcommit crashed -- how do I resume? Message-ID: <87k5aqlt70.fsf@iki.fi> In-Reply-To: Jens Neuhalfen (2008-11-26 09:22 +0100) wrote: > I am using git as a frontend to my SVN-Repository. When I tried to > "git svn dcommit" several changes from my local git-repository, git > crashed (SEGFAULT, AFAIR). > I am confused (an slightly panicked), because my old commits seem to > be "gone", my WC does not contain the most recent files and there > seems to be no "backup-branch" with my old HEAD. I don't know why the the dcommit crashed but I'm certain that you can find your previous commits through the reflog. Try (one of) these commands: git log --walk-reflogs [branchname] git log --walk-reflogs HEAD They will show a list of commits about where [branchname] or HEAD has been previously in _your_ repository. If/when you find the correct commit (where you think the branch's head should be) copy its SHA1 and create a new branch from it (git branch new-branch [SHA1]) - or just reset the broken branch to that commit (git reset --hard [SHA1]).