How to restore files after deletion from git file?

Question

I work on a project and I have a problem on my mac. After merging my branch into the main branch by the supervisor I pulled the git project with § git pull

After that I did § git status

and I recognized that there is a new file named ".DS_Store" As I read on the internet to delete this file I used this command: § find . name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete

but unfortunately, all files in my git directory are deleted !!!! if I type § ls -a I got only the ".git" file!

Now, if I type § git status I got a list of random files from random locations on my computer as Change to be committed and another list as Change not staged for commit and a list as Untracked files

Please help I have to get rid of this problem!

Answer 1

As you have pulled your git repo from the server, then you should have actual repository on the server. So just delete your current local repository, and pull it again from remote server.

Answer 2

I see 3 mistakes.

№1: Omitted important dash: name must be -name. The entire command must be

find . -name .DS_Store -type f -delete

№2: You haven't debugged a dangerous (because of -delete) command. You must have run

find . -name .DS_Store -type f

before running it with -delete.

№3: You don't have a local backup. You should. Make regular backups. I do small backups to my home server 3-5 times a day while I'm working; I do a full backup every Friday evening; I store full backups at the home server and remote servers at different parts of the world; I copy backups to USB disks (hard disks and SSDs) every few months.

Your current best course of action is to clone anew from the remote repository. If you don't remember the URL find it out or ask your teammates.

Answer 3

Edit: At the time this answer was given, the OP still had his .git directory. Depending on how far the issue reached this could have resolved the problem for OP. Its an option, not the only potential answer.

If you still have the .git file then do yourself a huge favor and run

git reflog

That should give you the list of previous commands that where executed. This will include a sha near the commands similar to a git log

Start by iterating down that list until you get to a "fixed repository"

If this doesn't help then it you may have to re clone the git repo and start over unfortunately.