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Development Tools Introduction to Git Managing Committed Files Undoing File Deletions

Aakash Srivastav
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Undoing file deletions

Can a file deleted using "git rm filename" be retrieved using "git checkout -- filename" ?

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Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
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Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
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You should be able to do, git reset -- <file> then git checkout -- <file> to get it back.