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Bash function to restore a deleted file in a Git repository.md

Add to .bashrc or .bash_profile

function git_undelete_file () {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "Usage: git_undelete_file <filepath>";
        exit 1;
  fi

  git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 HEAD -- "$1")^ -- "$1"
}