Git + Rails: How to restore files deleted with “git rm -r”?

Question

I deleted my db folder in a rails application in with git rm -r

I\'ve tried

git reset HEAD

and

git reset --hard HEAD
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Answer 1

You can checkout individual files from your last commit or index.

git checkout db/* checks out everything under db from the index

git checkout master db/* checks out everything under db from the head of the master branch

you may be able to salvage most of your stuff that way

read more: git help checkout