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What if there were changes, but I did not commit them. And I decided to delete the last 2 commits with the git reset --hard HEAD~2 command. Is it possible to somehow return the files that were before git reset ?

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  • What did git add do? - Nick Volynkin ♦
  • unfortunately not - mrchebik
  • Then there is only a chance to find them in temporary files of a text editor or development environment. But the last two commits can be restored by looking in the git reflog . In the future, in order not to lose just so unsaved changes, delete them only with the help of git stash , the details in the question on the link above and here in this: How to return (roll back) to an earlier commit? - Nick Volynkin ♦
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    Oh my goodness, thanks. History of changes is in the editor - mrchebik
  • Got a good editor) - Nick Volynkin ♦

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Means git is impossible. --hard changes the working copy.