rh kramer <rhkra...@gmail.com> writes: > <note: reposted to correct some errors> > > Background: I used git a little several years ago, never got very > proficient. I'm now planning on using it again in writing a piece of > software, so I'm trying to get up to speed. > > Here's my problem: I created a directory to do my development in, > downloaded a tar containing the related software that I will add to with my > development, and created a .git repository in the directory. > > I (git) added and committed all the software that I downloaded to the .git > repository, and then, to further my learning (I thought ;-), I deleted all > the original software (using, iirc, rm -rf * on the appropriate > (sub-)directories, anticipating that I would get it all back by checking it > out (git checkout). > > For reference, this is the top level of my directory (before the deletion), > named sciscint_git (to remind me there is a hidden .git directory in there): > > $ ls -a sciscint_git > . .. .git scite scintilla > > (scite and scintilla are subdirectories containing the code) > > I've tried a number of variations, but I'm not getting the software (I > guess git would call it the working tree) back. Some of the variations > (all run from within sciscint_git): > > git checkout HEAD > git checkout MASTER > git checkout 76641b5 > > I've also tried those with the -b option. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Notes: > > 1. I"m sure the code is stored in the repository, as du shows something > like 5.5 MB in .git > > 2. What I see when I run (most of) those commands is a long list of the > files that I'd expect to be restored, each prefixed by a D (which I assume > means deleted). > > 3. After the deletion, I didn't do either another add or commit. > > Thanks!
Try running `git branch` to list the branches you have, then check out
the one you want. I suspect that
git checkout master
works. (Keep in mind that git is case sensitive.)
/M
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