Lose a Commit, Get it Back

Learn how you can remove a commit and then retrieve it.

Add commits

First, set up a repository with two commits:

1	mkdir lgthw_reflog
2	cd lgthw_reflog
3	git init
4	echo first commit > file1
5	git add file1
6	git commit -m "first commit"
7	echo second commit >> file1
8	git add file1
9	git commit -am 'second commit message for file1.1'
10	git log

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