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Re: Objects deleted before first commit

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PJ Weisberg <pjweisberg@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2011, 14:44 UTC
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On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, David Barr <davidbarr@google.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Edmondo Porcu
> <Edmondo.Porcu@gottexbrokers.com> wrote:
>> dangling blob 43cb00bb9f23b73afc874c4105b136f8c426e4a5
>> dangling blob 48ef642adb1549ee1d4040ec9337d3a47c19d422
> [...]
>
> Was it 'rm -rf' or 'git rm -rf'?
> If just the non-git command, maybe 'git checkout -- <missing paths>'?
Not if it was never checked in, unfortunately.

'git cat-file -p <hash>' prints the contents of the file. It's up to you to figure out which is the version you want and what the filenames were.

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-PJ
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  1. Edmondo PorcuJun 14, 2011
  2. David BarrJun 14, 2011
  3. Edmondo PorcuJun 14, 2011
  4. David BarrJun 14, 2011
  5. PJ WeisbergJun 14, 2011
  6. Edmondo PorcuJun 14, 2011
  7. Carlos Martín NietoJun 14, 2011
  8. PJ WeisbergJun 14, 2011
  9. Edmondo PorcuJun 14, 2011
  10. Tomas CarneckyJun 16, 2011

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