Recovering a local deleted file

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I'm in a local branch. I've deleted a file. It is waiting to be staged and marked "deleted." I have not ran git rm, git commit, git add, or anything else. How can I restore that file?

Possible duplicate of [git recover deleted file where no commit was made after the delete](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11956710/git-recover-deleted-file-where-no-commit-was-made-after-the-delete) — Andrew C, Dec 09 '15 at 18:39

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:59

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A simple:

git checkout HEAD  <filename>

should do the trick

answered Dec 09 '15 at 14:59

Igal S.

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '15 at 15:04

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git checkout [filename]

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git checkout * <-- if you want recover all files in commit

answered Dec 09 '15 at 15:04

Felipe Pincheira

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '15 at 15:01

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If you prefer to use git gui, you can unstage the deleted file (clicking on the icon, thus moving it to the top part) and then use Commit - Revert Changes (CTRL+J) to get the file back.

answered Dec 09 '15 at 15:01

C-Otto

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Recovering a local deleted file

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