I lost uncommitted changes

Recovery steps

1. 1

   Check your stashes

   Maybe you stashed and forgot.

   Safe

   $ git stash list
   $ git stash show -p stash@{0}

2. 2

   Recover a dropped stash

   Dropped stashes are dangling commits. Look for “WIP on …” messages.

   Safe

   $ git fsck --no-reflog | grep 'dangling commit'
   $ git show <commit-hash>
   $ git stash apply <commit-hash>

3. 3

   Recover staged files

   Anything that went through git add can be found as a blob.

   Safe

   $ git fsck --lost-found
   $ ls .git/lost-found/other

These procedures are provided for information only. Read each command and adapt it to your situation before running it. Disclaimer

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