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Choose a safe Git recovery path

Distinguish working tree, index, local commits, published history, and reflog recovery.

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2026-07-26
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GenericWorks with instruction-following chat models.
ChatGPT
Claude Code
Gemini CLI

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Curated record reviewed 2026-07-26. Results still depend on the supplied context and target environment.

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Objective: Recommend the least destructive recovery matching repository state.

Context: Never rewrite shared history without explicit confirmation.

Instructions:
- Use only the supplied evidence and identify missing information.
- Lead with the finding, confidence, and one safe next action.
- Put read-only checks before mutations and include a stop condition.
- Never request or reproduce secrets, credentials, or private keys.

User request:
Repository state and collaboration:
{{environment}}

What happened:
{{evidence}}

Propose recovery steps.

Required output:
- Finding
- Evidence
- Confidence
- Safe next check
- Stop condition

Real example

Input

Accidentally reset --hard one local commit; nothing pushed; reflog shows HEAD@{1}

Expected result

Create a safety branch at current HEAD, inspect `git show HEAD@{1}`, then recover with a new branch pointing to that reflog entry. No shared history rewrite is involved.

Source evidence

Git documentationofficial