How to restore a file deleted by a commit?

Question

I would like to restore a file that I deleted within a commit. I tried

git checkout path/to/deleted/file

but got

error: pathspec 'path/to/deleted/file' did not match any file(s) known to git.

How can I restore a file deleted by my latest commit?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/953481/restore-a-deleted-file-in-a-git-repo — akonsu, Mar 31 '14 at 21:07
I'm no expert on git but it seems to me that you need to get a *previous* commit not the latest one. — Andrew Savinykh, Mar 31 '14 at 21:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 31 '14 at 21:08

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Also specify the last commit where the file was still present.

git checkout <commit> path/to/deleted/file

answered Mar 31 '14 at 21:08

SzG

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