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+title: how to recover deleted file with git
+seo_description: "short git tutorial on how to recover deleted files with git"
+date: 2023-09-12T09:30:17+02:00
+draft: false
+snippet_types:
+- git
+---
+
+I'd like to build a new nest.js command based off a file I deleted last week.
+Here is how I go about getting that old file back via `git restore`
+
+Step 1, find the file:
+
+```shell
+$ git log --name-only
+/command
+fd8bc2a6 Merge branch 'XXX-1111-remove-search-queue' into 'main'
+fd07ddc3 XXX-1111: Remove search queue
+apps/cli/src/cli.module.ts
+apps/cli/src/db/backfill-search-queue.command.ts
+apps/cli/src/db/db.module.ts
+...
+```
+
+Step 2, restore the file:
+
+```shell
+$ git restore --source fd07ddc3~1 apps/cli/src/db/backfill-search-queue.command.ts
+```
+
+Note the `~1`. The file in question was deleted in commit fd07ddc3, so to
+restore it we need to go one commit before it was deleted. `~1` does exactly
+that.