# Saved but not committed files

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/saved-but-not-committed-files/12546>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/saved-but-not-committed-files/12546 "2024-03-20T14:30:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zivile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@Zivile](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/Zivile)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/saved-but-not-committed-files/12546/1 "2024-03-20T14:30:45Z")

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Hi, I’m pretty new to dbt so would appreciate any help on this.  
I’ve been working on a new branch making changes to existing model files, and creating new ones. The changes have been SAVED but I wasn’t ready to commit them just yet. After coming back to the cloud IDE after a few hours I had a popup saying I need to restart the cloud IDE which I did, but then all my saved changes have disappeared.  
Is there any way to restore them? What is the best practice from here on, do I need to commit every few hours to avoid losing changes again??