Quickly Restore All Deleted Files in Git

If you’ve accidentally deleted multiple tracked files in your Git repository, you can bring them all back at once using this simple command:

git restore $(git status --porcelain | awk '/^ D/ {print $2}')

All deleted files will be restored to their previous state with a single command.

How It Works

• git status --porcelain
  Outputs the status of your files in a simple, machine-friendly format (ideal for scripting).
• awk '/^ D/ {print $2}'
  Filters the output to show only deleted files (D in the status column), and prints just the filenames.
• git restore $(...)
  Restores all the deleted files listed from the previous command.

Similar Shortcuts

You can use similar patterns to quickly stage or restore other types of changes. For example, to stage all modified files (but not deleted/untracked):

git add $(git status --porcelain | awk '/^ M/ {print $2}')

Or, to restore all modified files (revert changes to tracked files):

git restore $(git status --porcelain | awk '/^ M/ {print $2}')

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