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<sect1 id="tgit-dug-reflog">
	<title>Reference Log</title>
	<indexterm>
		<primary>RefLog</primary>
	</indexterm>
	<?dbhh topicname="HIDD_REFLOG"?>
	<para>
		The reference log (RefLog) displays the history of a reference (i.e., it is displayed to which commits it pointed in the past). It can be opened using
		<menuchoice>
			<guimenu>TortoiseGit</guimenu>
			<guimenuitem>RefLog</guimenuitem>
		</menuchoice>, however,
		you have to hold the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key while right clicking on
		on a folder in the explorer in order to see this, because it is
		in the extended context menu by default.
		<figure id="tgit-dug-reflog-dia-reflogdialog">
				<title>RefLog Dialog</title>
				<graphic fileref="../images/GitReflog.png"/>
		</figure>
		The RefLog can be used to restore deleted commits or HEAD positions (e.g. when you deleted a branch which was HEAD some time ago).
	</para>
	<para>
		You can find more information at <gitdoclink cmd="git-reflog" section="1"/>.
	</para>
</sect1>
