git-lost+found(1) ================= NAME ---- git-lost+found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned. SYNOPSIS -------- 'git-lost+found' DESCRIPTION ----------- Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and creates refs to them in .git/lost+found/ directory. Commits and tags that dereference to commits go to .git/lost+found/commit and others are stored in .git/lost+found/other directory. OUTPUT ------ One line description from the commit and tag found along with their object name are printed on the standard output. EXAMPLE ------- Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistyped the tag to overwrite. The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git prune', it is still there. ------------ $ git lost+found [1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6] GIT 0.99.9c ... ------------ Also you can use gitk to browse how they relate to each other and existing (probably old) tags. ------------ $ gitk $(cd .git/lost+found/commit && echo ??*) ------------ After making sure that it is the object you are looking for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. ------------ $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196 tag $ git cat-file tag 1ef2b196 object fa41bbce8e38c67a218415de6cfa510c7e50032a type commit tag v0.99.9c tagger Junio C Hamano 1131059594 -0800 GIT 0.99.9c This contains the following changes from the "master" branch, since ... $ git update-ref refs/tags/not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196 $ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6 ------------ Author ------ Written by Junio C Hamano Documentation -------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite