I like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31874308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31874308 ( https://ohshitgit.com/ https://ohshitgit.com/ ) b

I like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31874308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31874308 ( https://ohshitgit.com/ https://ohshitgit.com/ ) better... Great stuff! BUT hopefully the author is reading this: PLEASE PLEASE remove the part about `sudo rm -r fucking-git-repo-dir` or at least if it's satire tell people not to really do this. It should be: cd .. tar -cvzf fucking-git-repo.tar.gz fucking-git-repo-dir echo "Please for the love of god help me I've fucked up and <describe problem>" | mail -s "NEED HEPL! git disaster" git-expert@xyzcompany.com -A fucking-git-repo.tar.gz git clone https://some.github.url/fucking-git-repo-dir.git fucking-git-repo-dir2 cd fucking-git-repo-dir2 As long as you don't delete or muck with the `.git/` folder or files that aren't not be checked in, you have pretty fair odds that the mess can be untangled by someone either more knowledgeable about git or less pissed off.