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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T17:46:00+00:00 2026-05-28T17:46:00+00:00

I ran: git log –diff-filter=D –summary and I see the deleted file: commit abc123abc123

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I ran:

git log --diff-filter=D --summary

and I see the deleted file:

commit  abc123abc123
..
some desc here


delete mode 100644 myapp/db/scripts/some_table.sql

so I try and get the file back:

>git checkout abc123abc123 myapp/db/scripts/some_table.sql
>error:  pathspec 'myapp/db/scripts/some_table.sql' did not match any file(s) known to git.

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    2026-05-28T17:46:01+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 5:46 pm

    Look at the commit previous to that one. abc123abc123 is the commit where it was deleted. You want to checkout from the one before that.

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