在检出先前的提交时恢复由Git删除的忽略文件

Question

Did a commit, then pushed to the repository. Have a couple of files that git ignores, but that is okay, I have a local copy, right? Learned how I could check out past versions. Great! Loved it! Then tried to go back, but my ignored versions are gone! I don't show it below, but believe me they are gone. How do I recover them? If not possible, what should I read to prevent this from ever happening again?

 1014  git status
 1015  git checkout 084322b33
 ...
 1040  git checkout 32484241e
 1043  git status
 1044  git reset --hard origin/master
 1045  git fetch origin
 1042  git reset --hard origin/master
 1047  git pull origin master
 1048  git status

Answer 1

As mentioned that you checked out a commit and then you saw that the files that were ignored were gone now...

This happened NOT because of git but because of someone deleting it manually .

Reason

This is because the files were untracked and hence git was not bothered about them and hence could not be the one who deleted it.

Avoidance

• Access control can be one way. Make sure the right user has the right permissions for the file/directory.

• Create a backup if you need .

• Just be careful

• track the untracked files first and then stash them so to save them..

Or Since git 1.7.7 you can save the untracked files in stash by using

git stash -u

And read this article this article before you use this command.