Re: How to restore the original head after `git-reset --hard master^`

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Oct 11, 2005, 15:59 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510110856520.14597@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <434BD65A.9000108@ust.hk>

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Ben Lau wrote:

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>   After involves the command `git-reset --hard master^` in a repository, 
> the working tree , current head and index are restored to the parent of 
> master. That includes the content of '.git/refs/head/master'. Although 
> the original commit object is still existed , I couldn't find it back.
> 
>  Is there anyway to recover the original master branch ?

Just run "git-fsck-objects" and look at any dangling commits. The commit and related objects are still there (unless you've run "git prune"), so once you find the name of it, you're all done.

First check that you  have the right one by doing

	git log <name-you-found>

and if that looks right, you can just do

	git reset --hard <name-you-found>

and you should be back in business.

		Linus