Git Recovery and Fix Skill

This skill provides systematic approaches for diagnosing and recovering from common Git problems, particularly lost commits and detached HEAD situations.

When to Use This Skill

• Recovering commits that appear to be "lost" or missing
• Fixing detached HEAD states where work was committed but not on a branch
• Recovering from accidental git reset or git checkout operations
• Restoring work after switching branches without committing
• Investigating what happened to missing changes in a repository

Diagnostic Approach

Initial Assessment

To diagnose a Git recovery situation, run these commands in parallel to understand the repository state: