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Created September 22, 2018 12:28
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list-dangling-commits.sh
#!/bin/bash
PAGER= \
&& git fsck --full --no-reflogs --unreachable --lost-found \
| grep commit \
| awk '{print $3}' \
| xargs -n 1 git log -n 1 --pretty=oneline
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npasserini commented Sep 22, 2018

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This script allows to find a commit that is not referenced by any branch. It is useful in case you accidentally delete a branch that had not been pushed to any remote.

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