While reflog is amazing, the "ever" in your statement is not true, `git gc` will prune your reflog: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc https://git-scm.com/docs/git

While reflog is amazing, the "ever" in your statement is not true, `git gc` will prune your reflog: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc Most of the time this doesn't matter in practice but you should be aware that unreachable refs don't stay around forever.