Git Reflog: Your Local Time Machine

Reflog is Git’s local time machine.

It records moves of HEAD, so you can recover after resets, rebases, and other “oh no” moments.

The rescue flow

git reflog

git reset --hard HEAD@{3}

Use the index from before things broke. That’s the whole trick.

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For more “I messed up” recipes in plain English:

• Oh Shit, Git?! — Rescue Recipes