Finding a missing file between commits
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
This article will help to identify the files that were added in the past commit but currently missing.
Environment
Bitbucket Cloud
Solution
Compare the diff between the commit which has the files to the current HEAD of the branch (which had the files removed).
You can use the ---name-status flag so that your search will show a list of modified files:
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git diff --name-status HEAD HEAD~11This would output something like this:
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git diff --name-status HEAD HEAD~11
D Archive.zip
M bitbucket-pipelines.yml
D testtest.txtThis would show you a quick example of where the file was deleted in reference to HEAD. You can change the HEAD~11 to a different number to point where the file was added.
Updated on February 25, 2025
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