git reset --hard will only orphan commits, they're still there. git reflog will get you to them fast and I'm sure there's many other more exotic ways to find th

git reset --hard will only orphan commits, they're still there. git reflog will get you to them fast and I'm sure there's many other more exotic ways to find them. Admittedly garbage collection will remove them at some point but that's generally a lot further away than 'oops'.