I was about to back up my local work to github today (1,100 commits). Not sure what I did but all of a sudden it says no commits, and all my Xcode files are now red. It seems to have synced my local files with the github files deleting everything locally. Is there anything I can do!?!?

It's 2 months of work :(

Update:

git reflog shows the following:

8ad5e45 HEAD@{18}: commit: UI/UX Improvements for Sign Up Process
5c2d47f HEAD@{19}: checkout: moving from myBranch to master
5c2d47f HEAD@{20}: checkout: moving from master to myBranch
5c2d47f HEAD@{21}: checkout: moving from myBranch to master
5c2d47f HEAD@{22}: checkout: moving from master to myBranch

UI/UX Improvements for Sign Up Process was a pull request I submitted back in November. So I think what cleared my local files was accidentally tapping the "branch tab on my github desktop app and switching it. I switched back to see if it would undo it but nothing changed.

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KingPolygon

Posted 2016-01-26T00:07:47.233

Reputation: 111

Commit daily! That's the point of Github! Make it automated! Are you sure the files are nowhere to be found on your desktop? Check the Event Viewer and see if there's any trace of you removing the files. Check everywhere. EVERYWHERE. – Dandy – 2016-01-26T00:10:35.333

What does git reflog show? – David Schwartz – 2016-01-26T00:22:02.417

Hi @DavidSchwartz I just updated my answer with the result. – KingPolygon – 2016-01-26T00:25:51.527

@AaronLayfield Where's the Event Viewer? – KingPolygon – 2016-01-26T00:31:32.193

1@AaronLayfield source control should not serve as the (main) backup method. Committing itself does not help you (OP states they lost 1100 commits), and pushing to a remote (e.g. GitHub) is not the same as doing a backup, either. – Stijn – 2016-01-26T00:38:07.407

@Stijn It can be if you're working from your own fork/repository. Of course its not the main backup method, but its better then losing 1,100 commits. Edit: Realised I said 'That's the point of Github', but I can't edit that comment anymore and that's definitely not what I meant, sorry. – Dandy – 2016-01-26T00:42:00.363

What happens when you do stuff like git log HEAD@{1}? – David Schwartz – 2016-01-26T05:20:34.287

Hey David, it returns a push done back in November. – KingPolygon – 2016-01-26T06:16:54.940

:( That's not looking good. – David Schwartz – 2016-01-26T08:49:32.873

Yeah :/ Honestly I've learned my lesson. I'm just gonna take the L and try to redo as much as I can. I'm sure it'll end up better than before. – KingPolygon – 2016-01-26T09:11:23.610

Did I just delete 2 Months of Work?

Update:

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