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Checkout to one of squashed commits

In a repository with squash-merge practice, can I go to the state of the repository in one of the squashed commits?

For the example below, I want to find commit m1 by checking out commit r1.

m1 - m2 ------- m3   <- master (r1, r2, and r3 are squashed into m3)
  \            
   r1 - r2 - r3  <- deleted branch
Solution

  • You can use git reflog --all. It lists all recent actions and related commit hashes. If you find the commit there, you can git checkout <commit_hash>.

    Note: --all option is for listing reflogs of all references, not just the HEAD.