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[From the Git docs](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset)

> "reset" copies the old head to `.git/ORIG_HEAD`

To restore that commit, you can run

```
$ git reset ORIG_HEAD
```

If you want to restore more than one reset, then you'll have to look for the commit id. If you already know it, you can just do

```
$ git reset <commit>
```

If you don't, then you can use `git reflog` to try to find that earlier commit. ([kudos here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2531803))

---

For anyone who wants to take the opportunity to change something before reapplying the commit, the Git documentation has a section specifically titled [*Undo a commit and redo*](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reset#Documentation/git-reset.txt-Undoacommitandredo). You can run

```
$ git commit -a -c ORIG_HEAD
```

**Note that this only works to restore one commit**