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.\" Manual: Git Manual
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.TH "GIT\-LOST\-FOUND" "1" "06/01/2011" "Git 1\&.7\&.5\&.4" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-lost-found \- Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIgit lost\-found\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBNOTE\fR: this command is deprecated\&. Use \fBgit-fsck\fR(1) with the option \fI\-\-lost\-found\fR instead\&.
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Finds dangling commits and tags from the object database, and creates refs to them in the \&.git/lost\-found/ directory\&. Commits and tags that dereference to commits are stored in \&.git/lost\-found/commit, and other objects are stored in \&.git/lost\-found/other\&.
.SH "OUTPUT"
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Prints to standard output the object names and one\-line descriptions of any commits or tags found\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
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Suppose you run \fIgit tag \-f\fR and mistype the tag to overwrite\&. The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run \fIgit prune\fR, the tag itself is still there\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$ git lost\-found
[1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6] GIT 0\&.99\&.9c
\&.\&.\&.
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.if n \{\
.RE
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Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each other\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
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.nf
$ gitk $(cd \&.git/lost\-found/commit && echo ??*)
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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After making sure you know which the object is the tag you are looking for, you can reconnect it to your regular \&.git/refs hierarchy\&.
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.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$ 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
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.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
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.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite