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$ ls -l
Next, execute the command:
$ git reset --hard
All the files will be restored. The command:
$ ls -l
now prints the result that is identical with those in
Figure 2-4
.
How It Works
Usually, the directory containing the git repository consists of two areas. One has
already been discussed, the
git directory
named
.git
. The other is called the
work-
ing directory
. They are both shown in
Figure 2-7
.
Figure 2-7
.
The git directory and the working directory
The working directory is the temporary storage that contains your work. The git dir-
ectory, on the other hand, contains the database that stores all snapshots of your project.
Recipe 2-6 should convince you that the contents of your working directory can be eas-
ily restored from the database.
