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diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f52a9d7f68..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ -git-lost-found(1) -================= - -NAME ----- -git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned - -SYNOPSIS --------- -'git-lost-found' - -DESCRIPTION ------------ -Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and -creates refs to them in .git/lost-found/ directory. Commits and -tags that dereference to commits go to .git/lost-found/commit -and others are stored in .git/lost-found/other directory. - - -OUTPUT ------- -One line description from the commit and tag found along with -their object name are printed on the standard output. - - -EXAMPLE -------- - -Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistyped the tag to overwrite. -The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git -prune', it is still there. - ------------- -$ git lost-found -[1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6] GIT 0.99.9c -... ------------- - -Also you can use gitk to browse how they relate to each other -and existing (probably old) tags. - ------------- -$ gitk $(cd .git/lost-found/commit && echo ??*) ------------- - -After making sure that it is the object you are looking for, you -can reconnect it to your regular .git/refs hierarchy. - ------------- -$ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196 -tag -$ git cat-file tag 1ef2b196 -object fa41bbce8e38c67a218415de6cfa510c7e50032a -type commit -tag v0.99.9c -tagger Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 1131059594 -0800 - -GIT 0.99.9c - -This contains the following changes from the "master" branch, since -... -$ git update-ref refs/tags/not-lost-anymore 1ef2b196 -$ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore -1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6 ------------- - -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano 濱野 純 <junkio@cox.net> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - - -GIT ---- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |