X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-lost-found.txt;h=e48607f008395e365800b82d52eda9854519a6ce;hb=efa615ba089e88c0d2645f444373751de0529214;hp=03156f218bb41b955779207ec2e94120f958fc45;hpb=b6ebac9e4316cd5d35c2c24f83f1eb51ce17beb9;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt index 03156f218..e48607f00 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-lost-found(1) NAME ---- -git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned. +git-lost-found - Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned SYNOPSIS -------- @@ -12,23 +12,22 @@ SYNOPSIS 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. +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. OUTPUT ------ -One line description from the commit and tag found along with -their object name are printed on the standard output. - +Prints to standard output the object names and one-line descriptions +of any commits or tags found. EXAMPLE ------- -Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistyped the tag to overwrite. +Suppose you run 'git tag -f' and mistype the tag to overwrite. The ref to your tag is overwritten, but until you run 'git -prune', it is still there. +prune', the tag itself is still there. ------------ $ git lost-found @@ -36,15 +35,15 @@ $ git lost-found ... ------------ -Also you can use gitk to browse how they relate to each other -and existing (probably old) tags. +Also you can use gitk to browse how any tags found relate to each +other. ------------ $ 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. +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. ------------ $ git cat-file -t 1ef2b196