How to restore the project if I have only .git folder?

Question

How to restore my project? I save only /.git folder and now need to restore project from this folder.

Answer 1

1. If you previously committed files to git:

First, try to do a git log. Then you will see the commits. If you see a commit that makes sense, you can do git checkout . Where Hash is the commit hash.

Then check to see if yours files exits.

2. If it is only local changes that you have not committed:

You can do a git status to see the changes. A git stash will stash these changes temporarily and a git stash pop will re-apply the changes.

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A DESTRUCTIVE GIT PROCESS BUYER BEWARE

You can do a git reset --HARD and then a git push -f to force push the working code up to your repo eliminating your mistaken commit but also eliminating all other commits after the hash.

It is much better to git revert and then a git push. This will show the reverting process in your git history and preserve all states. git push -f is not something you should take lightly as it can cause you much pain.