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# Accessing a Lost Commit

If you have lost track of a recent commit (perhaps you did a reset), you can generally still get it back. Run `git reflog` and look through the output to see if you can find that commit. Note the sha value associated with that commit. Let's say it is `39e85b2`. You can peruse the details of that commit with `git show 39e85b2`.

From there, the utility belt that is git is at your disposal. For example, you can `cherry-pick` the commit or do a `rebase`.