{
    "api": "YAML JSON TOON Database",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "format": "json",
    "dataset": {
        "id": 1013,
        "slug": "git-recovery-workflows",
        "title": "Git Recovery and Inspection Workflows",
        "description": "Recoverable Git workflows for finding commits, restoring selected files, and undoing shared changes.",
        "summary": "Recoverable Git workflows for finding commits, restoring selected files, and undoing shared changes. Each row includes a practical application and a failure to check before using it.",
        "use_when": [
            "Recover a commit after a mistaken reset.",
            "Undo a published change while preserving history."
        ],
        "caveats": [
            "These commands are examples; inspect your local state first.",
            "Git cannot recover untracked content it never recorded."
        ],
        "related": [
            "git-essential-commands",
            "shell-safe-file-patterns"
        ],
        "category": "Unix Commands",
        "category_slug": "unix-commands",
        "tags": "unix-commands,git recovery workflows,reference,engineering",
        "view_count": 0,
        "created_at": 1791798640,
        "updated_at": 1791798640,
        "reviewed_at": "2026-10-12",
        "sources": [
            {
                "title": "Git reflog manual",
                "url": "https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog"
            },
            {
                "title": "Git restore manual",
                "url": "https://git-scm.com/docs/git-restore"
            },
            {
                "title": "Git revert manual",
                "url": "https://git-scm.com/docs/git-revert"
            }
        ],
        "reading": [
            "recover-git-work-without-losing-local-changes"
        ],
        "provenance": "Original editorial reference notes by YJTOON, informed by the linked primary documentation. External specifications retain their own licenses.",
        "entry_count": 10,
        "fields": [
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "situation",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Find a recent branch position"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "command",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "git reflog show --date=iso"
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "effect",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "List locally recorded ref movements."
            },
            {
                "section": "data",
                "field": "check_first",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "Reflogs are local and entries can expire."
            }
        ]
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "situation": "Find a recent branch position",
            "command": "git reflog show --date=iso",
            "effect": "List locally recorded ref movements.",
            "check_first": "Reflogs are local and entries can expire."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Preserve a found commit",
            "command": "git branch recovered <commit>",
            "effect": "Give the commit a durable branch reference.",
            "check_first": "Inspect the commit before switching or merging."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Undo a shared commit",
            "command": "git revert <commit>",
            "effect": "Create a new commit that reverses a change.",
            "check_first": "Review conflicts and dependent changes."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Restore one working file",
            "command": "git restore --source=<commit> -- path",
            "effect": "Replace the selected working-tree path.",
            "check_first": "Copy uncommitted work you need before replacing it."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Unstage a file",
            "command": "git restore --staged -- path",
            "effect": "Remove the file from the staged change.",
            "check_first": "It normally leaves the working file intact."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Inspect a commit",
            "command": "git show --stat <commit>",
            "effect": "Read the change summary.",
            "check_first": "Read the actual diff before relying on the summary."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Inspect one old file",
            "command": "git show <commit>:path/to/file",
            "effect": "Print a file from a chosen commit.",
            "check_first": "The path is relative to the repository root."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Save local work",
            "command": "git stash push -u -m 'before repair'",
            "effect": "Record tracked changes and untracked files.",
            "check_first": "Ignored files require separate preservation."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Preview stale branches",
            "command": "git branch --merged",
            "effect": "List branches merged into the current commit.",
            "check_first": "Merged does not mean the branch is safe to delete."
        },
        {
            "situation": "Verify the destination",
            "command": "git remote -v",
            "effect": "Show fetch and push destinations.",
            "check_first": "Confirm the repository before pushing a repair."
        }
    ]
}