Git : how to recover a file deleted in old commit? [duplicate]

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A few days ago I had the need to recover a file deleted in a prior commit and was unable to find a way to do it. Anyone able to suggest how? Also any of the nice gui git tools provides OOB this capability?

Had to navigate a few questions but yes it does. Here is the answer I liked most stackoverflow.com/a/7203551/5014665 — whatever
– whatever, Commented Mar 6, 2020 at 20:38

eftshift0 · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-06 20:29:48Z

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You can checkout the file from the previous revision from where you deleted it. So, say the revision where it was deleted is rev some-rev:

git checkout some-rev~:path-to-file

That will leave the file on index ready to be committed.

answered Mar 6, 2020 at 20:29

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