How do I pull a missing file back into my branch?
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I have cloned a Git project into a local Git repository. Then I have done something nasty to one of the files and in that panic I deleted file physically from the drive (rm style.css) and also removed it from Git (git rm style.css).
I want to get the original style.css file back from origin to my development branch. Unfortunately my Git thinks it is up-to-date and won't do anything.
cd ~/project.me
git status
# On branch dev
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
git pull origin dev
Password for 'https://[email protected]':
From https://github.com/somewhere/project.me
* branch dev -> FETCH_HEAD
Already up-to-date.
What do I need to do to tell git that I want to download original style.css file back into my dev branch?
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Use git checkout. In your case:
git checkout origin/master style.css
This command will update the requested file from the given branch (here the remote branch origin/master).
Solution 2 - Git
If you want to restore all the missing files from the local repository
git checkout .
Warning: This method also restores all changed files and drops all the changes
Solution 3 - Git
Go to the location of file style.css (may be app/css/) using the console. Otherwise there will be pathspec error.
Then execute:
git checkout origin/master style.css
Solution 4 - Git
I intentionally deleted some files from a clone --depth 1.
This brought the main files, and submodule ones, back:
git checkout . -f && git submodule update --checkout -f