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How to undo git checkout . ?

• airstrike 7y ago
  That's like asking how to undo `rm -rf`
  • nemetroid 7y ago
    It really is. Sure, it is an issue that it's the same subcommand as you use for many other things (which is being worked on with git switch/restore), but there is no other context where you'd do `git checkout .` if it wasn't your direct intention to get rid of changes in your workspace.
  • jhasse 7y ago
    Mercurial creates backup files though.
• Rusky 7y ago
  The only way for `git checkout .` to blow away an entire month of work is if you didn't add or commit anything for an entire month.
  • jhasse 7y ago
    Fair enough ;)