Hosting Operations
Branch a Recovered Commit
You found a useful discarded commit in reflog and need to preserve it with a branch name.
Command
cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git branch recovered-incident-note HEAD@{1}What changed
A local branch named recovered-incident-note is created inside the disposable demo repository.
Danger
caution
When to use it
Use when a reflog entry contains work you may need to inspect, cherry-pick, or restore later.
When not to use it
Do not create branches from reflog entries you have not inspected if the repository contains sensitive or unrelated work.
Undo or recovery
Delete the local branch with git branch -D recovered-incident-note inside the demo repo.
Expected output
The new branch points at the recovered incident note commit.
demo script
Disposable terminal steps
cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git show -s --format='%h %s' HEAD@{1}cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git branch recovered-incident-note HEAD@{1}cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git log --oneline recovered-incident-note -1
simulated output
What it looks like
::fixture-ready::
$ cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git show -s --format='%h %s' HEAD@{1}
7e5872b Capture incident rollback note
::exit-code::0
$ cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git branch recovered-incident-note HEAD@{1}
::exit-code::0
$ cd /lab/git-recovery-rollback && git log --oneline recovered-incident-note -1
7e5872b Capture incident rollback note
::exit-code::0
YouTube Short
Save the reflog commit.
Once you find the lost commit, branch it. A branch name is easier to review than a temporary reflog selector.
LinkedIn hook
Put a name on the reflog commit before it slips away.
Question: When you find lost work in reflog, do you branch it immediately?
experiments
A/B tests to run
Metric: save_rate
A: Put a name on recovered work.
B: Reflog finds it, branch preserves it.