How to recover a lost commit in Git — git reflog

A reset or a deleted branch made a commit disappear — and you need it back.

git reflog                        # find the SHA of the "lost" commit
git checkout <sha>                # inspect it safely (detached HEAD)
git branch rescue <sha>           # or: put it on a new branch to keep it

Good to know

Almost nothing is truly lost: reflog records every move of HEAD for ~90 days.

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