git restore deleted file - git recover deleted file where no commit was made after the delete

Question

I deleted some files.

I did NOT commit yet.

I want to reset my workspace to recover the files.

I did a git checkout.

But the deleted files are still missing.

And git status shows:

# On branch master

# Changes to be committed:

#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

#

#   deleted:    cc.properties

#   deleted:    store/README

#   deleted:    store/cc.properties

#

Why doesn't git checkout? reset the workspace to HEAD?

Answer 1

Try this command: 

git reset HEAD cc.properties

Which will unstage the rm command.

Then followed by a 

git status

Which shows what you need to do

git checkout -- cc.properties

This command will get the file back

Or you can give this in your config file

git config alias.unstage

reset HEAD

This will unstage the file.

Answer 2

Here git ls-files is used to checkout deleted(-d) or modified(-m) files.

$ git checkout $(git ls-files -d)