1GIT-LOST-FOUND(1)                 Git Manual                 GIT-LOST-FOUND(1)
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NAME

6       git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been
7       pruned
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SYNOPSIS

10       git lost-found
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DESCRIPTION

13       NOTE: this command is deprecated. Use git-fsck(1) with the option
14       --lost-found instead.
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16       Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and creates
17       refs to them in the .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and tags that
18       dereference to commits are stored in .git/lost-found/commit, and other
19       objects are stored in .git/lost-found/other.
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OUTPUT

22       Prints to standard output the object names and one-line descriptions of
23       any commits or tags found.
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EXAMPLE

26       Suppose you run git tag -f and mistype the tag to overwrite. The ref to
27       your tag is overwritten, but until you run git prune, the tag itself is
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30           $ git lost-found
31           [1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6] GIT 0.99.9c
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35       Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each
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38           $ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*)
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41       After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking
42       for, you can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy.
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44           $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196
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46           $ git cat-file tag 1ef2b196
47           object fa41bbce8e38c67a218415de6cfa510c7e50032a
48           type commit
49           tag v0.99.9c
50           tagger Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1131059594 -0800
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52           GIT 0.99.9c
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54           This contains the following changes from the "master" branch, since
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56           $ git update-ref refs/tags/not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196
57           $ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore
58           1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6
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AUTHOR

62       Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com[1]>
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DOCUMENTATION

65       Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list
66       <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.
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GIT

69       Part of the git(1) suite
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NOTES

72        1. gitster@pobox.com
73           mailto:gitster@pobox.com
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75        2. git@vger.kernel.org
76           mailto:git@vger.kernel.org
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