From cd6b42aa99bf4be9a2d9a117a7e47af69e855b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasmus Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:45:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Asked a new questioin --- doc/forum/Stupid_mistake:_recoverable__63__.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Stupid_mistake:_recoverable__63__.txt diff --git a/doc/forum/Stupid_mistake:_recoverable__63__.txt b/doc/forum/Stupid_mistake:_recoverable__63__.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6fb3374afe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Stupid_mistake:_recoverable__63__.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Hi, + +I was a bit hasty the other day and did something stupid. I added a new folder to git annex. Something like + git annex add my-important folder +my-important folder contains a lot of files and it took a couple of minutes to add. When I then tried to do + git commit -am 'added files' +per the walkthrough I got an error (9, as I recall). I thought I'd added too many files or something so I wanted to start over and perhaps I didn't fully understand the mechanisms of annex I did the following + git reset --hard . +Unfortunately, did replaced my files with a bunch of symlinks, rather than making git annex forget and go back to the previous stage as I had hoped. + +I have managed to recover most of my files from backup, but some of them I still can't recover. Is there any way back? It seems I still have the files in my git folder. + +Thanks, +Rasmus