After a lot of digging around I finally ended up downloading the source code of the recovery section of Android. Turns out you can actually send commands to the recovery. * The arguments which may be supplied in the recovery.command file: * –send_intent=anystring – write the text out to recovery.intent * –update_package=path – verify install … Read more
When workspace is damaged and Eclipse cannot start, even using the -clean option, removing single file workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.resources/.snap may help (source: comments to article https://web.archive.org/web/20200517003712/https://letsgetdugg.com/2009/04/19/recovering-a-corrupt-eclipse-workspace/). Update: when Eclipse 4.X cannot start after crash, try to start with -clearPersistedState option; if it didn’t help then remove file workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.e4.workbench/workbench.xmi (sources: https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/1269045/ https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/522428/ https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=404873). Note: you’ll lose configuration of … Read more
For Eclipse: To restore a deleted Workbench resource with a state from the local history: In one of the navigation views, select the folder or project into which you want to restore a local history state From the resource’s pop-up menu, select Restore from Local History…. The Restore From Local History dialog opens showing all … Read more
You can (with some work) recover state of file at the last “git add <file>“. You can use $ git fsck –cache –no-reflogs –lost-found –dangling HEAD and then examine files in ‘.git/lost-found/other’ directory. Please read git fsck manpage.
UPDATE: There is now an automatic method that is built into SQLite: .recover Sometimes, the corruption is only or mostly in indexes, in which case it would be possible to get some or most records by trying to dump the entire database with .dump, and use those commands to create a new database: $ sqlite3 … Read more
If these are MyISAM tables, then plopping the .FRM, .MYD, and .MYI files into a database directory (e.g., /var/lib/mysql/dbname) will make that table available. It doesn’t have to be the same database as they came from, the same server, the same MySQL version, or the same architecture. You may also need to change ownership for … Read more
Once you know the hash of the stash commit you dropped, you can apply it as a stash: git stash apply $stash_hash Or, you can create a separate branch for it with git branch recovered $stash_hash After that, you can do whatever you want with all the normal tools. When you’re done, just blow the … Read more