How to find and restore a deleted file in a Git repository

Question

Say I\'m in a Git repository. I delete a file and commit that change. I continue working and make some more commits. Then, I find I need to restore that file.

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Answer 1

git undelete path/to/file.ext

1. Put this in your .bash_profile (or other relevant file that loads when you open a command shell):

   git config --global alias.undelete '!sh -c "git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- $1)^ -- $1" -'
   

2. Then use:

   git undelete path/to/file.ext
   

This alias first checks to find the last commit where this file existed, and then does a Git checkout of that file path from that last commit where this file existed. Source.