How can I recover files I deleted locally but didn't yet commit?

Question

I have this situation:

MacBook:Ja.git alan$ git status
On branch alan-1
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/alan-1'.

Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

    deleted:    Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/QuizActions.xaml
    deleted:    Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/QuizActions.xaml.cs

Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

    modified:   Ja/App/SetResourceColors.cs
    modified:   Ja/App/Styles.cs
    modified:   Ja/Templates/Button/Button.xaml.cs
    modified:   Ja/Views/CardsTab/CardsTab.xaml
    modified:   Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/Actions.xaml

Is there a way that I can recover back these files that I just deleted. Not sure if this helps but the origin still has the latest version of those files.

Answer 1

You can start by following the prompt message and try:

git reset HEAD -- Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/QuizActions.xaml

That should unstage the deletion and restore the file with:

git checkout -- Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/QuizActions.xaml

As commented by torek, this could be done in one step:

git checkout HEAD -- Ja/Views/CardsTab/Xaml/Actions/QuizActions.xaml

Answer 2

If you haven't changed anything and you just want to update from remote origin branch you can do

git reset --hard HEAD
git pull

and you will be synced with remote origin

BEWARE though : all your local changes will be lost with reset --hard

If you need to save changes do

git stash
git pull

now check the files are on their place

and apply the stash if you need it

git stash pop