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GIT-RESTORE(1)                 Git Manual                 GIT-RESTORE(1)

NAME         top

       git-restore - Restore working tree files

SYNOPSIS         top

       git restore [<options>] [--source=<tree>] [--staged] [--worktree] [--] <pathspec>...
       git restore [<options>] [--source=<tree>] [--staged] [--worktree] --pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]
       git restore (-p|--patch) [<options>] [--source=<tree>] [--staged] [--worktree] [--] [<pathspec>...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       Restore specified paths in the working tree with some contents
       from a restore source. If a path is tracked but does not exist in
       the restore source, it will be removed to match the source.

       The command can also be used to restore the content in the index
       with --staged, or restore both the working tree and the index
       with --staged --worktree.

       By default, if --staged is given, the contents are restored from
       HEAD, otherwise from the index. Use --source to restore from a
       different commit.

       See "Reset, restore and revert" in git(1) for the differences
       between the three commands.

       THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.

OPTIONS         top

       -s <tree>, --source=<tree>
           Restore the working tree files with the content from the
           given tree. It is common to specify the source tree by naming
           a commit, branch or tag associated with it.

           If not specified, the contents are restored from HEAD if
           --staged is given, otherwise from the index.

           As a special case, you may use "A...B" as a shortcut for the
           merge base of A and B if there is exactly one merge base. You
           can leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it
           defaults to HEAD.

       -p, --patch
           Interactively select hunks in the difference between the
           restore source and the restore location. See the “Interactive
           Mode” section of git-add(1) to learn how to operate the
           --patch mode.

           Note that --patch can accept no pathspec and will prompt to
           restore all modified paths.

       -W, --worktree, -S, --staged
           Specify the restore location. If neither option is specified,
           by default the working tree is restored. Specifying --staged
           will only restore the index. Specifying both restores both.

       -q, --quiet
           Quiet, suppress feedback messages. Implies --no-progress.

       --progress, --no-progress
           Progress status is reported on the standard error stream by
           default when it is attached to a terminal, unless --quiet is
           specified. This flag enables progress reporting even if not
           attached to a terminal, regardless of --quiet.

       --ours, --theirs
           When restoring files in the working tree from the index, use
           stage #2 (ours) or #3 (theirs) for unmerged paths. This
           option cannot be used when checking out paths from a tree-ish
           (i.e. with the --source option).

           Note that during git rebase and git pull --rebase, ours and
           theirs may appear swapped. See the explanation of the same
           options in git-checkout(1) for details.

       -m, --merge
           When restoring files on the working tree from the index,
           recreate the conflicted merge in the unmerged paths. This
           option cannot be used when checking out paths from a tree-ish
           (i.e. with the --source option).

       --conflict=<style>
           The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the
           conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
           merge.conflictStyle configuration variable. Possible values
           are "merge" (default), "diff3", and "zdiff3".

       --ignore-unmerged
           When restoring files on the working tree from the index, do
           not abort the operation if there are unmerged entries and
           neither --ours, --theirs, --merge or --conflict is specified.
           Unmerged paths on the working tree are left alone.

       --ignore-skip-worktree-bits
           In sparse checkout mode, the default is to only update
           entries matched by <pathspec> and sparse patterns in
           $GIT_DIR/info/sparse-checkout. This option ignores the sparse
           patterns and unconditionally restores any files in
           <pathspec>.

       --recurse-submodules, --no-recurse-submodules
           If <pathspec> names an active submodule and the restore
           location includes the working tree, the submodule will only
           be updated if this option is given, in which case its working
           tree will be restored to the commit recorded in the
           superproject, and any local modifications overwritten. If
           nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules) is used, submodules
           working trees will not be updated. Just like git-checkout(1),
           this will detach HEAD of the submodule.

       --overlay, --no-overlay
           In overlay mode, the command never removes files when
           restoring. In no-overlay mode, tracked files that do not
           appear in the --source tree are removed, to make them match
           <tree> exactly. The default is no-overlay mode.

       --pathspec-from-file=<file>
           Pathspec is passed in <file> instead of commandline args. If
           <file> is exactly - then standard input is used. Pathspec
           elements are separated by LF or CR/LF. Pathspec elements can
           be quoted as explained for the configuration variable
           core.quotePath (see git-config(1)). See also
           --pathspec-file-nul and global --literal-pathspecs.

       --pathspec-file-nul
           Only meaningful with --pathspec-from-file. Pathspec elements
           are separated with NUL character and all other characters are
           taken literally (including newlines and quotes).

       --
           Do not interpret any more arguments as options.

       <pathspec>...
           Limits the paths affected by the operation.

           For more details, see the pathspec entry in gitglossary(7).

EXAMPLES         top

       The following sequence switches to the master branch, reverts the
       Makefile to two revisions back, deletes hello.c by mistake, and
       gets it back from the index.

           $ git switch master
           $ git restore --source master~2 Makefile  (1)
           $ rm -f hello.c
           $ git restore hello.c                     (2)

        1. take a file out of another commit
        2. restore hello.c from the index

       If you want to restore all C source files to match the version in
       the index, you can say

           $ git restore '*.c'

       Note the quotes around *.c. The file hello.c will also be
       restored, even though it is no longer in the working tree,
       because the file globbing is used to match entries in the index
       (not in the working tree by the shell).

       To restore all files in the current directory

           $ git restore .

       or to restore all working tree files with top pathspec magic (see
       gitglossary(7))

           $ git restore :/

       To restore a file in the index to match the version in HEAD (this
       is the same as using git-reset(1))

           $ git restore --staged hello.c

       or you can restore both the index and the working tree (this is
       the same as using git-checkout(1))

           $ git restore --source=HEAD --staged --worktree hello.c

       or the short form which is more practical but less readable:

           $ git restore -s@ -SW hello.c

SEE ALSO         top

       git-checkout(1), git-reset(1)

GIT         top

       Part of the git(1) suite

COLOPHON         top

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