# Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?

6 messages from 2010-08-01 to 2010-08-01. Participants: Yankovsky, Ramkumar Ramachandra, Miles Bader, Andreas Schwab.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24598

## Yankovsky, 2010-08-01 08:06

Subject: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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Hi!
I have commited all my changes, and accidently typed git pull, then was
paniced and aborted the operation. now all my changes in project disappear.
but i have commit. how can i restore my project status using this commit?
I hope you understand my rus english)
Thanks.
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## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2010-08-01 08:30

Subject: Re: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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Hi Yankovsky,

Yankovsky writes:
> I have commited all my changes, and accidently typed git pull, then was
> paniced and aborted the operation. now all my changes in project disappear.
> but i have commit. how can i restore my project status using this commit?
> I hope you understand my rus english)

I don't understand exactly what you want to do, but here are the
basics- you can decide what you want to do.
1. Use `git reflog` to see a history of your operations.
2. If you want your working copy to switch to an existing commit, use
   `git checkout <SHA1 of commit>`.
3. If you want to irreversibly destroy everything and switch your
   working copy to a desired commit, use `git reset --hard <SHA1 of
   commit>`. Use with care!

Hope that helps.

-- Ram

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## Miles Bader, 2010-08-01 09:14

Subject: Re: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
> I don't understand exactly what you want to do, but here are the
> basics- you can decide what you want to do.
> 1. Use `git reflog` to see a history of your operations.
> 2. If you want your working copy to switch to an existing commit, use
>    `git checkout <SHA1 of commit>`.
> 3. If you want to irreversibly destroy everything and switch your
>    working copy to a desired commit, use `git reset --hard <SHA1 of
>    commit>`. Use with care!

... and:  0. In "emergency recovery situations", _back up your whole
source dir (including .git subdir) somewhere else before screwing
around_!

E.g., "cp -a my_src_dir /somewhere_else/my_src_dir_backup"

-Miles

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## Andreas Schwab, 2010-08-01 09:32

Subject: Re: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:

> Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
>> I don't understand exactly what you want to do, but here are the
>> basics- you can decide what you want to do.
>> 1. Use `git reflog` to see a history of your operations.
>> 2. If you want your working copy to switch to an existing commit, use
>>    `git checkout <SHA1 of commit>`.
>> 3. If you want to irreversibly destroy everything and switch your
>>    working copy to a desired commit, use `git reset --hard <SHA1 of
>>    commit>`. Use with care!
>
> ... and:  0. In "emergency recovery situations", _back up your whole
> source dir (including .git subdir) somewhere else before screwing
> around_!

IMHO the very first step should be to run "git status" and see what it
says.  With that information it would be much easier to recommend
further steps.

Andreas.

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## Yankovsky, 2010-08-01 10:02

Subject: Re: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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Ramkumar, thank you!
it works!
Awesome)
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## Yankovsky, 2010-08-01 10:11

Subject: Re: Newbie in Git. How to get back from last pull?
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yes, i did this)
Guys, thanks a lot!
really, i didn't expect help this quick!
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